Best Electricity Plan for new EV Owners

I was already with them for both gas and electricity but on a tariff they no longer offer. I’m still not convinced your gas rate will be fixed, precisely because of the language under “Please note” on your letter about all prices being subject to change. I don’t think my gas is fixed either but I think I’ll ring them tomorrow.

Ok thanks guys. So it sounds like I request to take out the smart meter and move to a Day/Night meter. I’m not worried about FiT, most of what I produce in excess will go into an EV.

I still don’t understand why the providers can’t offer a good night time rate on smart meter plans - seems to be obvious price gouging.

thanks for the help - this thread is brill

Just checked it myself too. So that means since I signed up (and fixed rates), the day and night rates have increased by 5c and 2.7c respectively.

Since I'll only be using night electricity going forward (8.2kWp solar installed yesterday, 20kWh of storage coming shortly), Id still be happy with fixing at 9c but I reckon when my contract is up in July they will have gone up a bit further too.

I still say even with the 2 price increases it makes sense to have this tariff. Especially as the rates are fixed for 12 months

So if you're in the cooling off period you can't sign up to another supplier, absolutely **** ridiculous. Cancelled Airtricity and switched to Energia, heard nothing for a week so logged in to see a letter on my account saying it was cancelled. On the phone with them an hour only to confirm there's a 20 day restriction on moving to a new supplier if you're in the cooling off period. So not only do I lose the 7.9c rate with Energia I'm losing the 8.3c rate too, plus I'm paying out of contract rates with Electric Ireland for another 3 weeks.

Not too fussed about the night rate, anything under 10c is fine it's just the crappy day rates I'm annoyed about.

i signed up last Wednesday and the prices have gone up twice since - still waiting on the welcome pack.

And 100% they will put me on the new rates until i have to call them and remind them of what was agreed - looking forward to that waste of a phone call.

There is no technical reason but it must make sense business wise, I suppose it would cost too much to give cheap rates to everyone with a smart meter.

I had to call ESB networks as SSE are refusing to request a meter change. ESB said they are getting lots of similar calls (mostly EV owners) and confirmed that they are not blocking requests to change. They seemed a bit baffled about why suppliers don’t offer EV plans to customers with smart meters.

They are not allowed to refuse a meter change, I would be making a formal complaint to the energy regulator (the useless git they are). And letting SSE know that.

I signed up to energia EV plan on Thursday, no letter etc yet. I call them today and again they confirmed that the rate I joined up on was fixed and I asked was the standing charge fixed? They confirmed everything on the plan was fixed to what I signed up to.

Yes, it's mental!

I recently signed up for the Duel Fuel EV plan before the most recent price increases. I called Energia and they confirmed that they are honouring the price that I signed up to at time of application. They also confirmed that the Electricity rate is fixed (happy days) for the term of the contract but this doesn't apply to Gas (which is a variable rate). Lastly, for those that signed up recently, they said it could take up to 2 wks before you receive your welcoming package which includes information on your rates you signed up to, T&Cs etc...

Unfortunately I don’t know. I moved over from EI and when I log into EI now, it indicates my accounts are closed so I assume the cooling period starts from the time the accounts with the previously provider are closed/frozen. EI did send me a text indicating that they will call me shortly to discuss my account, probably their last ditch effort to convince me not to switch over.

I signed up with Energia on Monday & specifically asked about when the cooling off period starts. The person I dealt with said that it would start immediately.

I’m hoping they’re right, because I need to wait 14 days before requesting day/night meter from them. This means that I can’t sign up to the EV deal with fixed rates until then. God knows what the rates will have gone to by then 🙈

I signed up to energia ev plan last weds(aug 31)just before price increase,shortly after gave them bank details and got an email with the rates-that'll do for me!(still nothing in post).

I signed up 16th of Aug, got a letter towards the end of Aug dated the 18th confirming the rates. Welcome pack with Account no to register only arrived on the 6th of Sept.