PV Feed In Tariff

redmagic68

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119539548#Comment_119539548

Been on the energia website and the rates are there for sure on the ev plan but I can’t see where it says the rates are fixed for 1 year.

they have fixed cost such as standing charge and pso but I can’t see where it says the unit cost is Definitely fixed.

brokenangel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119539548#Comment_119539548

Thanks

These are the renal rates I got before

Contract Renewal Details and Terms

Standard Unit Rate

Total Discount

Unit Rate after Discount

Description

Exc. VAT

Inc. VAT

%

Exc. VAT

Inc. VAT

kWh (Day)

€0.3081

€0.3497

40%

€0.1849

€0.2099

kWh (Night)

€0.1478

€0.1678

40%

€0.0887

€0.1007

kWh (Day)

price per unit over 3000kWh

€0.3415

€0.3876

40%

€0.2049

€0.2326

kWh (Night)

price per unit over 2000kWh

€0.1664

€0.1889

40%

€0.0998

€0.1133

the_amazing_raisin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119540109#Comment_119540109

They might have forgotten to apply your discount, they did the same to me with the first bill and then I had to email them

THE ALM

Was with Energia and switched to the EV plan at the start of the month. Have D/N meter and prices are fixed for the 12months.

jkforde

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119541273#Comment_119541273

yep, can confirm as well, just renewed to their EV plan and the D\N unit RATES are fixed for 1yr. also, no low usage surcharge on the standing charge (377.10 rural).

DrPhilG

Another Energia defector, just switched.

Well worth paying the exit fee. And confirmed again by Energia, rate (not just discounts) is fixed for the term.

Interesting question though, do SSE still pay me the deemed rate for the period I was with them?

jkforde

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119542074#Comment_119542074

would expect so since they were your provider when the legislation and the Feb. effective date came into effect.

Punchin A Keyboard

Was looking at the Energia site, how in the hell is a smart meter plan 140 yoyos more expensive than a d/n plan.

Now it seems all the providers have price discrimination against smart meters except ei, they just get you on the standing charges

bullit_dodger

Well - as people know I'm a lazy sod when it comes to switching. Never did see the point of chasing a few cents here and there when one provider with the cheaper rates is offset with their higher standing charges or "joining bonuses" etc from another. If ever there was a segment of market which needed a bit of regulation to "cop on" ...... the pricing models they employ would get my vote.

That said, those Energia prices seem too good to be true. €0.079/cents a unit when you have a big'ish battery is a no-brainer. Really! It's seems wrong lads! I actually feel "dirty" for swapping (LOL) but like you Phil.....I'm gone from SSE -> Energia as of 10 mins ago.

I can't see them keeping it at €0.079/unit. I know .... I know, i read the thing too! Fixed for a year, but they have to be operating that at a loss if so as it's lower than the wholesale price of electricity!? Dunno.

As for will they (SSE) pay me what they owe me for the "estimated export" , I would assume so as they are contracted to, but even if they didn't....the swap will more than make up for it in 2-3 months.

DrPhilG

SSE replied to me on twitter, confirmed that they will pay as planned for the period that I was with them, so 14c at deemed rate from Feb to today.

Then Energia for 18c at deemed rate going forward.

Niceday20

Thank you to everyone for the comments on the detailed pricing on Energia EV plan and that it is a FIXED UNIT price for 12 months. I have just managed to switch from my existing Energia plan to the EV plan!

fuse

Time to move before my cooling off period ends and jump out of the SSE Smart plan to this magical EV plan (even though I don't own a EV or have a zappi!)

jkforde

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119543246#Comment_119543246

the Energia EV plan is only for Day\Night meters afaik

Boardnashea

I've just moved over to Energia too. Thanks all. First move in nearly three years.

fuse

Yeah realised that again soon after posting.

Still looking at switching to their normal home/smart plan. After looking at SSE's price hike happening soon, here's the before and after of their day, night, peak rates.

unkel

Why do some people not move at least every year? When the discount is finished you will pay at least €400-500 more for an average household. For just about 10 minutes of work. Seriously? I'd rather keep that myself than give to a utility company making billions of profit.

bullit_dodger

Laziness mate .... least it was for me. That and the fact that the last time when I moved they screwed up the account shutdown when I moved out of the old place I lived in and for weeks in my new property I was getting threatening letters that I hadn't paid up (which I had). Literally a f'ing ball ache to get sorted and it left a bitter taste in my mouth.

Well that's my history of it anyway but SSE has been one of the better places over the last 2-3 years.

Ha Long Bay

My current 24 hour duel fuel plan with Energia is up in a few weeks so looking for alternative options. I currently have a smart meter so the option to swap out for day/night is out of the question as I will be utilizing the FIT.

The best rate I can see for my system (7.2KW panels and 10KW batteries) appears to be the EV plan from Bord Gais. The standing charge for electricity is on the very high side €418 per year but I use a lot of gas in winter for heating and should be able to avoid peak electricity rates by filing the batteries on the 6c EV rate between 2am and 5am.

Is anyone else on this rate or have any thoughts?

bullit_dodger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119543916#Comment_119543916

Just bear in mind that you have only 3 hrs to grab as much as you can for your batteries. (2am-5am), Will you be able to fill it in that time?

Ha Long Bay

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119544090#Comment_119544090

Hey BD that's what I do not know so was hoping for other posters experience before thinking about switching. They are 2 X 5KW Puredrive batteries. I think in theory 3 hours should be plenty to fill them.

brokenangel

Ok I think I made a boo boo with numbers.

The numbers I gave are without a discount

So in fact I am paying

0.2346 day rate

0.1125 night rate

So the new rate would push up my day rate but reduce my night rate, at the moment of course I use more night rate but going into winter I would expect the day rate to push up dramtically

unkel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119544567#Comment_119544567

Depends on your inverter, but it should just about be able to do that in 3 hours if it can charge at 60-65A

Ha Long Bay

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119544715#Comment_119544715

I have the Solis 5G 6KW hybrid similar to a lot of folks here.

unkel

Yes it is supposed to do 100A but only does that for a little while then throttles to 60A or so. Which is still ok, you will fill your 10kWh battery in 3 hours.

A lot of us have bigger batteries, many 20kWh (myself included). No way in filling that in such a small slot unless you start using parallel battery inverters

E30M3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119513891#Comment_119513891

Anyone with Different Provider than EI care to confirm or refute?

bullit_dodger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119546465#Comment_119546465

DrPhil did above in this very thread (message #941)

the_amazing_raisin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119543555#Comment_119543555

For me I don't switch provider but I switch plans. So far Energia keep coming out cheapest and after a phone call and some brief negotiation they renew my discount at the cheapest rate and I stick with them

the_amazing_raisin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119543399#Comment_119543399

Were you renewing or did you switch in the middle of an existing plan? I'm debating changing plan and I wonder if there's any way to dodge the €50 break contract fee

randombar

Hi Guys,

I don't have a smart meter (thank god) and getting that form filled in to register the PV currently.

Does anyone have a table/comparison of the "estimate" FIT across the different providers?

Thanks,

Gary

Niceday20

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119546651#Comment_119546651

Changed from Energia's Home Electric mid contract to Energia's EV plan yesterday and no break fee charged. Energia said they would not charge if just changing plan.