Best Electricity Plan for new EV Owners

I went with this plan - worst case scenario my motorway average is around 21kWh/100km, so the 1000kWh every 2 months are still enough for almost 2400km monthly.

I can actually do all my dishwashing within the 2-6am slot, and fire up the heatpump to heat up the house (A rated so it can hold the heat) for the day, all within the 1000kWh limit.

Having data for the past year really helps to make the decision.

Have you received any bills yet? I know it sounds stupid but I'm wary about leaving the comfort of having the 30c 24hr fixed rate with Flogas.

@dozz Thanks. That's great information. I assume then that you have a wider system in terms of have accessing to a battery etc? Googling there but it seems that plug and play battery storage is still early in terms of being widely available?

@legend99 sorry I should have been clearer, yes I have a 6kw solar array on the roof. So basically my thought process (rightly or wrongly) is to charge everything at the cheap rate then the battery will power the house in the morning until solar production kicks in and this will keep us ticking over until 8-9 in the evening (depending on the time of year). Any excess production during the day is sent to the grid at €0.24. I think this suits our household best. Also dont have to use the oil to heat the water 😁

Car is a hybrid so its a 12 kw battery. Cost us less than €1 each night to charge

Yeah. And I had the Bord Gais EV plan previously (2-5am EV slot, but has a peak and a night rate too).

Between EV, Heatpump and dishwasher, I use around 45% of my total units during the EV period, so the math works.

Looking at changing to the Energia EV plan. I'm currently with Electric Ireland, and have been for approx 2 years. In June when I got the EV I moved to th night boost plan. I received 100 euro switching bonus at the time. I noticed in the contract it says " If you receive a Switching Bonus, you must remain a customer for a minimum of 12 months." Can this be bought out by repaying the 100 quid does anyone know?

I'm in a similar position, just started the night boost plan but 2 hour window isn't enough. I've just switched to the weekender (free sundays) so will try charging the car that day with a bit of extra laundry/etc and see how it goes. No charge to switch plans (none mentioned on phone anyway!) Will be at least 50 to switch provider as mentioned above

I am waiting for my smart meter and then I will stay with electric ireland Home Electric+ Night Boost

They can offer 14% further discount on these figures until the end of the month.

Electricity unit price

Day: 08.00 - 23.00 39.31c per kWh

Night: 23.00 - 08.00 19.39c per kWh

Night Boost: 02.00 - 04.00 11.38c per kWh

If you have an EV, why not go with the Energia smart drive. 8c to charge 2-6am and no peak rates?

I was with Waterpower, which was 24h @ about 27c/kWh. Was mostly running things during the day as have solar too. Switched to a smart plan Energia EV that is 36/8 c/kWh after buying an EV. Have gas heating.

Now I'm charging the car, running immersion, dishwasher, washing machine and charging a toothbrush ;-) between 2am and 6am at 8c/kWh. So there's been a complete change of when electricity is consumed, but it's all on timers and has no bearing on our life.

Total electricity and gas bill now equals what was previously spent on a car fuel alone. An average family car doing an average milage.

The coming €450 electricity credit will buy me 2 years of nighttime driving electrones at 8.15c/kWh. 5521 kWh to be exact. There's simply no way for me to use up this amount of electricity even in one year running the house, EV, occasional friend's EVs, and, of course, a toothbrush.

On the other hand it would only give me 1500 kWh @ 30c/kWh. Not enough to keep one family car alone charged.

Daytime electricity (non smart) won't get any cheaper this decade as we're stupidly heavily reliant on gas. On the other hand there's a governmental subsidy which can buy a lot of cheap nighttime (smart) electrones.

flogas confirmed last friday my new build smart meter is activated. it went in that way.

You ask them, they have it available until the end of the month

That's unusual for them to give you that attitude when I was with them I found them decent to deal with. Maybe try ringing them again, you might get somebody less "EI" like. Other than that all you can do is move to another provider and try moving back to their EV plan after 30 days, it's going to cost you 100 euro unfortunately as both providers will punish you.

Yea, I was thinking ring again another day. He made it sound like a blood oath (You must fulfil your contract to the letter). I guess I thought it would be pretty straightforward moving tariff within the same company. If I try again I’ll post the results.