Best Electricity Plan for new EV Owners

My current Electric Ireland contract runs out on the 24th December, at what stage can I get switching in motion?

Xmas day???🎅🎅🎅

Got my first Energia bill with the EV plan on a day/night meter. It is fixed rate! 🍾

The bill was from 13 Sep- 28 Oct, so it does include alot of the Oct period where their recent price hikes occurred (now 47.77/13.75) and the entire bill is at the agreed price back on 28 Aug (31% discount = 27.43/7.90 inc vat and 30.41/14.82c inc vat for any units over the allowance).

Happy days!

Posted previously about an estimated Electric Ireland bill of €250ish, got a credit of €165, they say if you pay bills by direct debit it will just come back so hopefully no need to do anything.

Got another bill with the standing charges for the two weeks up to the closing of the account. No sign of a gas bill just yet.

The sage isn't done yet, I can't register with Energia haha. Verified my email and waited for my account number. Went to create an account and it's saying my email is already registered and I can't reset my password or anything so I'll give them a buzz in the morning. Almost there...

Anyway, does anyone know of any deals out there now that the energia one is no longer fixed. It isn't easy to see plans from any of the providers unless you input your mprn which in my case they only show me smart meter plans.

I'm currently with Energia on the EV fixed rate plan @ 27.43c day and 7.9c night until next September. I predict my electricity cost for this year will be €2,800 which is very good IMO. I just checked bonkers.ie to see what my bills would amount to if I had to change today and the best rate is with Electric Ireland at a predicted cost of €5,044😦 Even though I doubt it, I really hope things improve a bit before next September🙄

Yes I'm hoping it comes down soon. My fixed price (28c day 7c night) ends in 9-10 months. Doesnt seem to be a great suite of options out there.

I left Electric Ireland mid contract for both gas and electricity, on September 5th and was charged €50 each, easily worth it, with Energia fixed rates etc. Termination charges appear to vary, depending on supplier.

Handy tool on the energia app is estimate usage-you can can work back from your last bill and know exactly how much you're paying per day and what tariff you're on.

Very depressing tbh... I'm dreading January when my contract with BG finishes, maybe there'll be something better available then( I doubt it)

So they fitted a smart meter without you authorising it,that can't be right???

WOW,and after you opted out too!-sssssneaky🐍🐍🐍.

Those "free time" Saturday deals don't work for me as i need 3 full charges a week on average and i need my car pretty much at 100% every morning.

Even if i did less KM's a week i don't like the idea having to be chained to the house on a Saturday to charge my car and do all the washing and drying. What a waste of a day.

I know a family on that plan and they were like "it's great, we get to do all our washing and cleaning on Saturday for free" - i was like "wow you get to stay at home all day on a Saturday to save a tenner, well done you".

They ream you with no vaseline

Day units (8am to 11pm)

50.94 43.30 cent per kWh

Peak units (5pm to 7pm)

62.23 52.89 cent per kWh

Night units (11pm to 8am)

37.43 31.82 cent per kWh

Bord Gáis Energy: Gas & Electricity Supplier Ireland (bordgaisenergy.ie)

The rates now are still better than all the smart plans.

Energia Smart EV rate:

52c day, 57c peak, 28c night (2300-0200 & 0600-0800), 12.6c EV (0200-0600)

Energia Day/Night meter rate:

47c day, 13.7c night (2300-0800)

As you can see, the Day Night rate is cheaper.