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

for the flo gas gang asking about credit here is a snippet from their website

When will I receive the credit? 

You will see the credit line item of €137.61 (exc. VAT) on your bill from December onwards. It is anticipated that the first instalment will be paid in December / January, the second in January / February and the final instalment in March / April to align with the bi-monthly billing cycle common to residential customers. The credit will be applied to your bill and incorporated into your existing billing cycle. Please note that some customers will see their first two instalments on their first bill in 2024 dependent upon their billing cycle.

Who is eligible for the Government Electricity Credit? 

The scheme will apply to all domestic accounts (DG1 and DG2), including pay as you go customers, that have consumption of 150 kWh of electricity consumed in each period of three months in the four consecutive periods of three months occurring in the period beginning on 1 July 2022 and ending on 30 June 2023. Over 96% of our residential customers will be eligible based on their consumption

How will I know if I qualify for the Government Electricity Credit? 

You will automatically receive the credit on your first invoice after the respective effective dates of the scheme. In advance of the receipt of this invoice, you can review your previous invoices to ascertain if your consumption meets the threshold and if you are a residential customer (DG1 / DG2).  

What do I have to do receive the credit? 

All eligible domestic electricity customers will receive the credit automatically and do not need to apply for it. There will be three “effective dates” of the scheme taking place on 29 November 2023, 20 December 2023 and 28 February 2024. The supplier that you are registered with at each effective date will be responsible for crediting customer accounts with the €137.61 (exc. VAT) instalments. 

It didn't work for me when I tried back in July I had to ring them to get a bill issued as I had joined them in April. They get actual readings from the meter.

I signed up to FloGas with a 20% discount and on a variable contract, so then in February I will automatically get the discount?

So from what I can gather from the very helpful posters here, 150 will never show on my account as credit but will just show as an extra line on my bill. Is that correct?

BG the same.

In July I got a 20% discount off standard rates for joining SSE, then a further 12% reduction in November, announced in September, and now a 12.8% reduction from next February giving a new rate of 29.62 c/kwh.

I don’t think bonkers are giving you anything exclusive, look at the website directly and see how that fairs out for you

Also you should be able to see the annual electricity usage on your bill. There are a few sentences under the breakdown of the cost, the last one will tell you the annual consumption.

I am just out of contract, looking for only electricity. It looks like Flowgas has the best deal so far. Unit Rate 31.82/kWh inc vat. 257 standing charge. I have heat pump, need cheapest electricity.

You should be looking at a day/night tariff if you have a heat pump.

I've just realised we've not yet been issued with a bill from Flogas, it's been 3 months since we signed up. Is this common?

We had a smart meter installed last month, we had a D/N meter previously and are on a D/N tariff. I checked the 'my account' on ESB Networks website and the smart meter reading starts at 0 from the time of installation. I wonder what will happen when I enter a lower number!

I don't understand what point you're making obviously the new meter starts at 0 the person who changed it would have recorded the readings from the old meter to esbn. If the signal is good the meter will send readings to esbn automatically from now on.

2x50e break fee alright

Did you have to leave to get that discount?