Best Electricity Plan for new EV Owners

does the night rate not shift 12-9 in summer?

We're all looking at this thread, and a similar one on Bargain Alerts, to see what the best deals out there are at all times. There should be no shock

its std d/n as far as i know and if i look at my consumption on esbnetworks that d/n split tallys with 00.00 to 09.00 so that must be it!

Are all the flogas offers knocked on the head?

Theres not much value out there atm. Just out of contract but theres very little between them as far as I can see.

I've been running an electric car since Feb 2022 and have been very happy charging it using the night rate on a standard (non-smart meter) for ca. 11c-13c at night and between 22c and 24c during the day. I'm using a total of ca. 14000 units per annum on both the house and the car. Last week I installed a solar PV system and a modular Goodwe 16KWh battery system. I'm wondering should I stick with the standard meter for the foreseeable or is now the time to switch to a smart meter. I know if I stay with the standard meter I won't benefit from the feed-in tariff but the night rate still looks highly competitive to me. Tis all a bit discombobulating.

Currently the night rates on a smart meter plan are better than a non-smart plan, seems like the tipping point was finally reached in 2026.

I'm using 14000 units p.a. and most of it is driving. I can't see any smart window that will charge an 84kwh battery to 100% from say 25% SoC... These new D/N non-smart tariffs are the worst I've ever seen and smart tariffs aren't improving anywhere near enough.

Energia had a 9 hour D/N smart plan for 29/14 three weeks ago. Achieved via a percentage discount, so of course that may have tightened up as the weeks went by.

The best non-smart plan they offered at the time was 32/15, so definitely they were edging customers towards Smart technology.

Sure that isn't 26/13?

That's what was expiring in March/April this year. By October last year that was well gone.

What of credits are being built up on the feed in tariff during summer for? I wonder if the credit would balance out drawing from the grid in the darker months and thus make changing to a smart tariff more bearable.

During the summer months,I’m letting the solar system batteries drain from 11pm into the car and then it’s night rate for the following 7 hrs,so getting north of 50kw into the car for the price of around 37 to 40 depending on what was left in the solar batteries (15kw)at the start of the charge

Works well at this time of the year and it’s maybe done twice a week

Very cheap motoring

@unkel. Looks good. What size battery are you running? I've 14 panels so about 6.7kwp.

Why do you drain the battery into the car? That costs 25c / kWh (Pinergy FIT). It is much cheaper to charge up with night rate at 6c / kWh (Pinergy) and sell excess electricity from your battery to the grid