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

I even got a text message from Bord Gais just there:

Still in two minds about whether to accept the 33% off electricity and 41% off gas. Would love to get a bit of a better price on electricity, but I'm not sure if anyone has seen their discount improve from these initial better offers?

Hold tight, they seem to increase the discount when you get very near the end date, you might get the 40%. Good prices for today's climate in fairness.

I just logged in to BG and there was a 39% off offer today, after already sending me two emails over last few weeks saying I was losing the discount (39%) we got last year. Thanks to whoever posted it here because I was mildly stressing about having to look around

Indeed! It sure looks like prices are coming down folks. I'm out of contract on both electricity and gas and with M.T. Cranium forecasting that September might be as warm as June was, I might be able to hold out until October without using any electricity or gas. So I've installed a nice comfy chair on top of the fence, I will sit it out 😁

A bit of click bait. Note Airtricity the only supplier to rule out a fall in prices. I think I'll join @unkel on the fence. Any decreases will probably have 30 days lead time.

Energy price war hopes brew before winter as major Irish supplier plots bill slash 'as soon as possible' after €220 cut | The Irish Sun (thesun.ie)

The only thief, when signing up for a smart meter plan with Pinergy, will be me 😎

Thank you very much just onto them there and confirmed the rates are correct. Lady was very helpful said to make sure to put reads in once every two months apparently if you put a read in say 3 times a month it would generate three bills. So I'll stick it in my calendar to do it on the 10th every two months

My dual fuel account with Bord Gais ended a couple of days ago, at the time they wouldn't budge on their 10% gas / 5% electricity discount. I phoned up this morning to see if I could get nearer the 44% discount people are reporting but was told nope, not a chance 10% + 10% was the best they could do which is the New Customer offer online. Seems the people at the end of the phone can only offer what is on their website, no flexibility. Offers that might come in on your account page are automated in some way and nothing to do with them so if you're lucky enough to see one just grab it because it doesn't appear to be available any other way.

I'm going to hang on a bit longer before making my decision. Currently Flogas and SSE, based on my calculations on my own usage, are the best options for me. Just need to decide between fixed or flexible.

Electricity Tariff : DG1 NSAV Community Fixed 12 A23 NB

Hi can anyone confirm this is the correct tariff for a day night meter on the community rate with Flogas please ? Just want to ensure they haven't put me on a smart tariff thanks

I signed back into my BG account today and they had increased my discount vs last week to retain us as a customer. Staying on our 32% discount.

keep checking the account for the new plan offer! They were giving me 15% last week.

This isnt the case at the moment. Plenty of reports here that BG have offered the discount to peeps (myself included) at least a month away from renewal date.

It would be good to see what happens over the next few weeks if those on lower discounts get improved offers closer to contract expiry date.

The offers were applied yday and do not seem to be correlated with how much time is left before renewal. The offers seem to be be generated by algorithm tailoring them to individual accounts, seemingly accounting for the differences in offers received. I wouldnt even want to speculate what the criteria is for generating offers.

When I got my new offer of 39% (same as last year), tried to get an additional 5% to match the other discounts of 44% reported here. They said thats the best they could do. I replied saying it wasn't the best offer and refused to take this as I'll wait to see what happens in Sept.

It was mentioned in passing that whilst the offer could be withdrawn, it was likely it would remain in place until my renewal is due. This is exactly what happened with my renewal last year also.

Yep. I am on the priority list for the roll out of the new day / night smart meter that ESBN will start installing from some time next month. But that could take months, even a year or more. Not waiting for that. I know full well that I am waivering my right to ever having a day / night plan again. My expectation is that these will be gone within the next year or two anyway as they will simply no longer be offered because they are not as profitable as smart plans for the providers.

Yeah, you're right. I was getting 36% and 28% last year, and now I'm being offered 41% and 33%.

In that case, I'll probably just take the offer. Still decent enough.

Just off the phone with Airtricity. They have a flat 10%/10% renewal. There's no budging on this at all. Chap on the phone said that's the very best they can do.

Even after saying I'll go elsewhere he said there's nothing else that can be offered.

Very envious of all you BG people.