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

That happened us, we switched provider (Iberdrola, who went bust), got moved automatically to Electric Ireland/BG and they put us on a smart plan. Hadn't asked them to.

Can anyone with Flogas electricity who has received a bill confirm if there's a barcode on it you can bring into a post office and use to add credit to your account? I want to move someone over from SSE and that is how they pay down their bills weekly. Before that they had a card from Electric Ireland that the post office would scan.

A page I found on Google says you can pay a Flogas bill at An Post, but that particular page was about gas and not electric.

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has anyone left energia with their account in credit ?

wondering if I'm going to have to chase them for a refund.

I'm over 1500e in credit (and yet they wanted to increase my level pay 🙄)

This is the way

You could also create an energy fund and top it up weekly (automatically) with the likes of Revolut.

It's a way to do your own DIY level pay, it pays interest, and you don't have to chase anyone to get your credit back when you leave.

The day I get my paycheck, I put €200 into my Electricity (€125) and Gas (€75). Effectively means I've prepaid every bill. I also have a Google Form for my Electricity and Gas meter, I just type in my current reading and it gives me the expected current cost. Means I am never caught out by any bill. Towards the end of my contract, I dont top up the account and whatever is left covers the remaining bill or two. If theres money left when I switch, I just call and get it back. Feels like I get free energy for a month or two.

The Government credit meant I just put the full amount into the Gas for a few months.

Part of the problem is not enough people bother switching, from reading this thread it appears loads of people are but it’s a small minority

Had the same discussion with Energia, couldn't do better than the 10% discount (think my previous deal with them was 40%).

I have since signed up for the flogas 'portal', seems pretty basic but does what it needs to it seems. They do run some 'rewards' program that you can access from the portal which seems to have some interesting offers like free flight vouchers, round of golf, beauty treatment,family fun day...

No issue with the pricing setup on day/night rate, same as advertised.

Absolutely. No point having a go at the folks on the phone, they can only offer what they are allowed to offer. Just tell them straight so they can report back up the line to the people that can make decisions. Virgin media tried the same to me. Demanded 114 with 3 month discount as I got a deal last year. Best they could do.

My daughter is now 20. Signed up in her name, new customer, 64 quid. Rinse and repeat. Hit em hard and get on with things. As I said previously, life is to short for messing with dopes

That kind of says it all. Just do it. Sadly (maybe), I dont have the patience any more.

Hi All

My Electric Ireland discount of 26% is ending in a few weeks. I did a search on bonkers.ie and the cheapest plan for me is the 5.5% EI plan which is what I'd automatically get moved over to.

Can anyone help me with what is the cheapest electricity only plan on the market at the moment or would I be better off calling EI to try negotiate?

We use 160 kwh every month.

How can prices go up again when wholesale gas prices are back at first half 2021 prices? https://ycharts.com/indicators/europe_natural_gas_price the issue is lack of competition and the fact our suppliers took the other side of hedges sold to them by far smarter people based in New York and London when prices were sky high. They've been taken to the cleaners and we have to pay for their dozyness.

Paid me 154 within 10 days