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

It used to be monthly on the 8c all night deal I had. But now it's per 2 month period.

I double checked. You're right, it's every 2 months

For anyone lucky enough to get in on the Flogas Community offer, be careful to check your bill. They had billed me for completely different (dearer) day/night rates. Luckily enough I had taken screenshots of the deal at the time.

To be fair they were very nice about it when I rang them today & they’ve assured me that they’ll put me on the correct tariff & re-issue the bill.

Energia fair use limits are usually per 2 month billing period. But those rates are pretty ok. But remember the welcome bonus and the 5c rate of pinergy go a long way paying for units you won't be able to get in the 3 hour time slot. Need to do sums to find out which is better. Will be different for everyone.

Cheers for that, I found the direct debit letter and signed up online. First message is that it will take them 10 days to set up the online account :)

@DrPhilG what size is your inverter/pv array again?

Is 16kWh enough? If so then your Solis will fill it up from near empty to almost full in 3 hours

For me 16kWh wouldn't be enough. But in your case the supercheap 5c rate plus the €100 bonus would pay a lot towards upgrading your battery

The installer who put in my meter told me it was VF, he asked me what the VF reception was like, anymore than that I can't tell you.

My contract with Bord Gais is up 23rd Sept. Is the best offer the new one from Energia starting 3rd October? Should I wait until then to switch? We have a smart electric meter.

12.42 for gas and 40.96 for electricity, being offered on new plan with Bord gais.

@DrPhilG but surely, on the majority of days, you'll absolutely cover your base load until around 16:00, and therefore, your 16kWh only needs to last from 16:00 thru 02:00 ?

Regarding signal and switchover etc, after my meter changeover on Thurs 31st, I could see my exports per half hour on the ESB Networks portal for Thursday, on Saturday morning. So data is always 1 - 2 days in arrears.

As of now, I still have no Consumption data.

And what about the switching - I called Pinergy today and was told that they were flagged of the switch on Monday. They say that the switch could be up to 7 days from then. So I won't night charge the car or batteries until I get confirmation.

So what about FIT Vs Deemed Export - well I was on 3kW, but have added a north array since. So today I've hit exporting of 59kWh which is close to the value of my Deemed Export, so I'll be in profit for the rest of the month.

Hope this fills in a few blanks for some fence sitters

An average day in December generates 3kWh max. Add that to the 13kWh put in overnight and that's 16kWh total to last 21hrs.

In my house in winter that's unlikely.

@DrPhilG - "3 hours would likely only get me about 13kWh at a push"

That's right, a bit less than that if you take into account losses even if your inverter can do 90A continuous.

A €90 or so rectifier (see my withdrawn ads on adverts.ie) on a €10 or so 16A smart plug, can boost that to no problem fill your battery from totally empty to totally full in that 3 hour slot.

But don't take my word or that of @championc for it. Throw your figures into Excel. Taking into account the 5c rate and the €100 credit. Even if some of your usage will be on the super high day rate with Pinergy 3h slot, where you would have much less of that or none at all on Energia 4h slot

Quick update. After initially quoting rates of 31.81 day and 15.06 night, Energia came back and told me that was incorrect. They always give contradicting information. If I remain with them, rates will be 42.46 and 20.37 until October 3rd whereby they'll drop to 36.10 and 17.31 respectively. Microgeneration will be 24c. They have no Google nests in stock so I was offered a Google Audio instead, €50 credit and 20% off my final bill. Flogas rates were confirmed as 33.38 and 14.74 and 26c microgeneration. Two days left of my cooling off period so I need to decide. Any thoughts please?