Best Electricity Plan for new EV Owners

Yes I'm in the same boat.

Current tariff with energia for new customers has 13c night rate, mine is 7c!

Agreed the standard night rate is criminal. The peak cheap night rate at 0.083c is fairly decent though, my main aim is to be able to charge the car(s) on this rate all year round, unless needed on a particular car I will no longer be diverting solar to the car as I get 18.5c FIT.

Hopefully adding a 20kW battery in the next 6 months and then hopefully store the extra solar in it so I can drawn during all times except for night peak, then charge it on night peak for 3 hours each night.

In 2-3 years I plan to add additional solar arrays and may change the strategy then as BG only pay FIT once per year.

What’s the work around on this ?

We’ve all been savvy on this topic, always nailing the best night, a lot of people invested in solar-

Is it the end of the good times for early adopters where we got used to <9c night rates as a given. I’ve been running two ev’s here for years - 600km a week x 2…all charging either at sub 8c night or solar.

Will I just have to suck up the higher pricing ? 5.4Kwp does the heavy lifting during the day but these new night rates are terrifying compared to what we have become accustomed.

I don’t really know where to divert my attention, double the solar array, bigger batteries or just wait and hope the market price on electricity start to drop, how long can the government keep giving away €600 per year to help keep the lights on ..

Workaround is more PV, more storage, less grid dependance

Yes! That would help. I could spend another 50k tomorrow and not be finished. It's an expensive hobby for sure.

An electrician on radio today warning people against saving money on energy by using dishwasher, washing machine, driers etc. at night. I have networked smoke detectors over my dishwasher and washing machine, but it's still food for thought 🤔

Out of those, the only one that has any increased risk is a dryer. And even at that, in a house with sound fuses and wiring, it's a negligible risk. Crossing the road is a higher risk.

Hi,

I signed up to the Energia EV plan back in August and got the 31% discount rate (night rate at €0.079).

I think Energia are after pulling a fast one. New rates in October and my ‘new’ unit costs are still at a 31% discount but on the new increased rates… discounted night rate is now listed as €0.1756… and day rate is €0.3360…

So, the discount of 31% on the standard rate is fixed but the actual rate has increased so what I pay has also increased….

Anybody else get this and did you speak with them?

Mike

I have to say I feel I’m getting the run around too, now they are saying I’m not on the ‘EV Tariff’ - even though I’m locked in on the fixed ev rate …

Correspondence from energia below and the original rate signed up to that they sent me -

“The most recent bill as this covers the period of 10-07-2022 – 31-08-2022 this incorporates your old contract offer of 40% discount off the standard rate.

Your new contract offer is 31% discount off the standard rate. If you have been placed on an EV Tariff then this was originally a fixed unit rate meaning you still get your 31% discount off the standard rate and that a price increase to said standard rate wouldn’t affect the rate you are paying. This has now changed but should not affect your contractual offer.

Unfortunately I cannot see anything referencing the EV tariff on the account. Do you have anything from us to confirm the EV Tariff if so please feel free to forward this on so we can ensure the correct package offer is in place.

We look forward to hearing from you to have your query resolved”…

I think they've made a mistake there because it meant to be fixed rates(as you no doubt know),my bill for 31 aug-3 oct was €103.i have an ev so very happy(so far)trying to hop off those night units as much as possible,good luck-tell us how you get on👍.

I suppose my 2nd bill will tell all!

Just looked at that first bill i got,it says my rates are 0.3648-0.105 but thats BEFORE the discount.

Is that not a smart meter plan? Maybe I'm way off but it says Smart in the name...

And then off grid..

Or a smart meter and export a lot to cover the standing charges

Am on Energia EV plan and just got my first bill since they raised their standard charges - i.e. confirmation whether or not the plan is as 'fixed' as expected! Happy here anyway - charged exactly what I should have been: 23.17c day and 6.67c night throughout the whole billing period.