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Electricity rates

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  • 07-09-2013 7:48pm
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    Dtp79
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    Is electric cheaper to use between midnight and 6 am?? Or do you need a different meter for it?


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    brightspark
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    Only cheaper if you have a dual tariff meter, how else would they know when you used it?

    Which type of meter do you have?

    https://www.esb.ie/esbnetworks/en/domestic-customers/metering/read_meter_reading.jsp


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    Dtp79
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    brightspark wrote: »
    Only cheaper if you have a dual tariff meter, how else would they know when you used it?

    Suppose ye!
    So me settin the immersion from 4-5 am was feckin pointless


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    brightspark
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    If you were on a night rate meter the night rate would apply from 11pm to 8am GMT

    https://www.esb.ie/esbnetworks/en/downloads/ESB-Estimated-Meter-Reading.pdf


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    Dtp79
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    brightspark wrote: »
    If you were on a night rate meter the night rate would apply from 11pm to 8am GMT

    https://www.esb.ie/esbnetworks/en/downloads/ESB-Estimated-Meter-Reading.pdf

    Cheers thanks


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    benbrown
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    Just to add to your post. We were recently thinking of getting the Pre-Pay meters in. I asked the question does the pre-pay power meter do dual tariff. They say it does. But then when we spoke to Electric Ireland they said they would have to change the dual tarriff back to a 24 hr regular one tariff meter. Anybody else find this?


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    brightspark
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    benbrown wrote: »
    Just to add to your post. We were recently thinking of getting the Pre-Pay meters in. I asked the question does the pre-pay power meter do dual tariff. They say it does. But then when we spoke to Electric Ireland they said they would have to change the dual tarriff back to a 24 hr regular one tariff meter. Anybody else find this?


    You are aware that prepay will cost you over 130euro extra each year in standing charges?


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    benbrown
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    In reply to brightspark I would just like to clarify. Are you talking about the normal Electric Ireland Standing Charges or the 0.36 cent a day that the Pre-Pay Power people take per day in meter rental?


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    brightspark
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    benbrown wrote: »
    In reply to brightspark I would just like to clarify. Are you talking about the normal Electric Ireland Standing Charges or the 0.36 cent a day that the Pre-Pay Power people take per day in meter rental?

    The 36cent a day works out at 130 Euro per year


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