Best Electricity Plan for new EV Owners

Also, that peak rate is eye gouging. 40+c??

Are you vampires???😂

So we're with BG and they are about to up our rates 30% from April 15th. It's well worth the 50 euro to break the contract and move, but I'm wondering if the other providers are also planning to up rates. Any views on this?

They're all going to up their prices. I can't see a situation where they won't to be honest.

Great thread, thanks to all contributions, i learnt a lot.

Have been doing a spreadsheet, as it is so complex, everyones usage is different, we currently have a smart meter, but i am not on a smart package tarrrif. having done a detailed analysis of our specific usage, based on 2 years usage, with 2 EV’s, but thankfully, only 1 being charged at home, and its low usage, averaging 110 kw per month over last 9 months.

we have a Heat Pump going in this week, which i had to estimate, at 2,500 kw annually, the best two smart packages were the @Unkel suggested SSE Airtricity, smart tarriff, followed closely by the 24 Hour EI 26% off. Have also flexed my estimates up and down, 20% each way, and they are still almost identical. (Less than €10 before vat separates them annually.)However, the SSE has better flexibility, to potentially use more on the night rate, and so its the smart meter tarriff, winner for me.

I am also trying to see if its worth exploring a Day /Night meter, and I am still unclear how one goes about getting a smart meter removed and installing a day/night meter, whats the actual process ?, call my existing BG supplier, or is it Electric Ireland networks ?

My BG contract ends in a few weeks, so i might wait to see what price increases come in over the next month, before moving onto next one.

Apparently it's not fixed though?🤔

LOL. No, just dedicated to load shifting to the night. Everything can be timed. Current place (that we're leaving in 5 weeks) even has storage heating so literally everything is on night rate from washing machine and dishwasher, to car charging, to water heating etc is done at night.

Current place has no battery or storage or solar, just my cheapness. Why pay a penny more for what's in your control and is not time critical to do now or 2 hours later? If I want a cup of tea at 1030pm I often wait for that click at 10.52 local time to boil the kettle :P (the mrs hates that!)

Boiling the kettle costs €0.02 at day rate and €0.01 at night rate. You're the ultimate miser / cheapskate 😂

It's a waste for sure, but not as bad as you think. If your house heating is still on at the time, there is in fact pretty much no waste at all if he did that during night rate hours as heating with old skool 100% efficient electric heaters like a kettle is barely more expensive now than heating with a high efficiency oil or gas boiler and actually even cheaper if you're on the Energia EV rates - even the current much gone up in price one 😁

It's handy to have back up in case the grid goes down. But going off grid costs a lot more than being on grid even if the standing charges doubled or trebled! Off grid is only really viable if there is no grid connection and it would cost a fortune to get connected. Like a remote holiday home. Or of course if you are a dedicated prepper deep down in the USA somewhere - I know this probably appeals to you 😁

The Electric Ireland 26% discount rate for day and night is one of the lowest alright from what I can see. Day 18.94 Night 9.35.

I had signed up to Energias EV charger plan. Got the day night meter installed and the charger was installed this week. I'm now switching straight away to the electric ireland plan above and I'll pay the €200 contract termination fee.

So essentially, I got the charger for €200 and will have the electric ireland rates instead of Energias at 27.98 and 13.42. standing charge almost exactly the same.

The letter I got from Energia with the rates advises a €50 termination fee. I'm told on the phone however that this EV charger plan termination fee is €200 as I have had the charger installed already. It doesn't say this anywhere on the letter at all. Can I insist the termination fee is therefore only €50?

how long did it take to get the day/night installed?

They wouldn't switch me from the contract I was on to that offer. And the day rate put me off anyways as the Electric Ireland rate was 18c.

About 2 weeks to get them in.

Yep. And the only plan even within Energia that has fixed rates is the EV rate.

There's a T&C saying the unit price is fixed. I'm on it my myself since Jan. I believe its the only plan with fixed unit price.

You can always contact them to confirm.