Switching electric/gas providers (see first post for links)

Your gas rate @ 0.063 c/kWh Seems decent enough, will go up in Oct. of course….like all of them!

Im confused re electric unit price , I’d say there’s a discount percentage on your bill under those figures. My guess is, you’re getting a discount on the 30.34kwh unit rate.

I stayed with energia back in March as they offered me 22c per unit. Last bill showed €164 saving vs 'standard' rates.

Wonder what March 2023 will bring

Changing meter should be fairly straightforward- once changed, you’d still avail of your current %discount until the end of your contract. The cost per unit would be different of course with day/night but worth it IMO if you make the most of off peak use. Note , there will be some form of charge to install the meter, I believe (not huge, perhaps someone else knows) and your standing charge would increase a bit too. All in all it’s something I mean to do for my parents house -bottom line- it can save money.

In your shoes, I’d do it (meter change) via EI first. See what happens with Energia (their prices will increase soon) and personally I’d hold off switching until Oct/Nov (unless you haven’t changed in over 12 months).

Edit: just re-read your ‘Existing Customer Discount’ with Bord Gais …it’s actually not a bad discount. As far as I recall, they were the only company to announce a winter price freeze last year. I’m hoping they might do the same this year 🤞

You have a 24hr meter only?

Yes 24 Hour smart digital meter. And getting free Sunday from 8 am to 11pm.

They didnt with me on Friday, he just asked if I have an EV, I said yeah and that was it. What happened yourself?

Id no mention of that on the call

Let’s include the vat …

28.85 plus VAT is 32.75c p. kWh

This is how I’d be looking at it -I’m a bit tired now …so correct me if I make a mistake (you might have a better way of looking at this).

From OCTOBER that’s going to be about 44 cent . Take away one seventh (your free day) and averages about 37.7 c per KWh

If you really go to town with your dryer / washer etc on Sunday it might work out well…but I’d really doubt it.

Bord Gais rate will be 29.4c p. kWh from October for their smart tariff. Energia’s current rate will certainly climb with another price change.

Personally, Id be inclined to switch to BG. OR chance Energia. If Energia raise their prices they can be lenient re. not charging €50 exit fee if you’re just in with them. (They did for me anyhow in the past- I like their customer service). But Id just go with BG, and get on with life & review in 3 months.

Bonkers is recommending SSE plans for me.

24 hour rate of 33c or their smart plan has 32c day rate.

Went through the revised rates for other providers on bonkers and it does seem to be the best.

Anything better? I have a smart meter.

Why do you think there is going to be an announcement at lunch hour?

Just switched to Energia EV Plan asked me had I an Electric Car and a charging point told him yes no mention of certs etc.

I asked him to confirm the unit rate was definitely fixed for 12 months and he said all other Energia plans are variable unit rate but the unit rate on their EV plan is fixed for 12 months! So hope Energia honour the deal...Ive a 14 day cooling off period if anything changes in meantime..

They had overall best deal for my low usage due to cashback. And they still do now. They already had two price increases this year.

And check moneyguideireland.com too