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

We're in Ireland. That's the UK.

They run a strange system there where generation companies cannot buy gas more than 3 months forward.

It has led to huge rates on the "day ahead" market. This doesn't affect households. This is for very high users that go over a prebought level and need extra power.

Should I allow smart meter features?

signing up to electric Ireland from energia,

5.5% discount is best I can see.

kwh- 0.4089 inc

is that best I can expect

Exceptionally, exceptionally unlikely. You would need to be able to move nearly all your usage to the night band and barely touch anything during the peak period.

Pinergy going up 18% in January

My 40% discount with BG is finishing up beginning of January. Got phone today from BG offering me 18% for electricity and 8% for gas :-(

Total annual bill based on above new discounts 3200...

Did you have any issues since they sent you the 200? I’ve had to seek advice from the CRU.

They sent me the refund via EFT then a week later they took the money back without any notice and left me screwed for money that day. Rang them and they said they made an error sending it to me and the correct procedure was to send the money to my new provider which (as I spoke to them) they were doing. Turns out this was a lie and not allowed either. Electric Ireland telling me that my new provider, Bord Gais have it (they don’t) and was told to ring ESB Networks who would confirm Bord Gais had it

I called ESB Networks and gave my MPRN. Electric Ireland have the money, nobody else and it wasn’t returned to the government either. She told me to ring the regulator and I have now emailed EI complaints dept and the whole process could take up to 5 months to resolve.

Cool. I’m having a nightmare just hope they sort it quickly.

They have done the same to me, except they did it for my whole bill, PLUS my last bill was estimated, so between the estimated and these past two months, they charged me the full new rate. Not a happy camper. Ive emailed them, i wonder if i ring how many hours ill be on hold

I also got a letter from Energia with the offers attached. I presume we all are getting more or less the same letters, with the same figures. We all are trying to find a better deal, but we are not going to see any 40% off from now on, max 10% off. Prices will go up with or without our will.

I am not an EI customer, peed off now 😡

Before the prices went crazy I was with EI for years for both gas and electricity, never even thought I was overpaying so with my discount I signed up to Engeria earlier in the year I'm paying about what I was so no big shock to me. Losing the 40% discounts will be disastrous though.

If i dont send an actual reading and end up getting an "estimate" bill,what criteria do they use to estimate the bill?

Just tried it with Energia, no success. They are coming in at 70€ less than Electric Ireland, but the agents attitude just pissed me off so much, so I may change anyway!

I am for about another month. Once off 50 euro won’t hold me . No excuses for no rate cuts by now. Added in the reduced discounts and they can keep it

Just got straight through

Turns out I have another month with 26% off as the electricity was not switched on until end of Feb

Highest discount available is 10% but he hinted it might be more in Spring