Electricity tariffs

[gpaevo]

So, switched to Electric Ireland a while back and first bill has come in.

SSE was average £140 bi monthly, EI for the last quarter £224.

Some difference.

 

[Mel_45]

Bi monthly as in 140 every 2 months, so SSE was cheaper by about a 5er a month?

 

[Marc]

So, switched to Electric Ireland a while back and first bill has come in.

SSE was average £140 bi monthly, EI for the last quarter £224.

Some difference.

Is that not only about £5 a month?

 

[gpaevo]

Bi monthly as in 140 every 2 months, so SSE was cheaper by about a 5er a month?

2 months SSE = 140
4 months SSE = 280

Ei 4 months = £224 so saving of £56

 

[RevT]

2 months SSE = 140
4 months SSE = 280

Ei 4 months = £224 so saving of £56

A quarter of a year is 3 months?

 

[gpaevo]

A quarter of a year is 3 months?

ffs, yeah of course it is.

My heads up my hole this morning

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[Mel_45]

2 months SSE = 140
4 months SSE = 280

Ei 4 months = £224 so saving of £56

Sse £70 per month
EI £ £74.66 per month

 

[davyk31]

It’s also winter now when more electric will always be used so harder to compare.

 

[NickR]

My PowerNI bill came in this week. £402 for the quarter

 

[Mark Irwin]

£621.00 a quarter for me but would be much worse if it were not for E7, solar and batteries.

 

[Coog]

£608 for us

E7, EV and I run a 3D printing business from home which uses a right bit. Im sure I wouldn’t have spent that much in a year not that long ago!!

 

[Marynarz]

Electric Ireland must be up there with Talk Talk as the worst companies trading in the UK. Glad l am back with Power NI.

 

[Big Pimp]

I don’t even know what tariff I’m on but my powerni bill varies from £116 - £150 per month

 

[Cookies]

My last 2 bills were around £180 per month.

 

[KyleR]

Does anyone know / remember the process for meter readings when you have a keypad? I recently got the annual letter showing how much I topped up each month and what they say my annual usage was and it was mentioned that this info was derived from meter readings. However, I can't seem to remember there being any meter readings and although the meter is on the outside of the house I thought they took the readings themselves and then posted a card of sorts through your for to let you know they were there?

 

[VinR]

 

[zafturbo]

Make about 8p a week of a difference .should be about 30%

 

[saxo_man]

Who’s the best value now for E7? I’m with power ni and got that reduction above, brings the E7 rate down but the daily standing charge is up 40%.

 

[Lappintyre]

I'm with Click on E7, day rate isn't the best though, hoping things will change come April 1st and look to move from them if there's anything more competitive then.

 

[davyk31]

Yep I’m with Click too but if they don’t stop then I will move. SSE I think also dropped recently to be more competitive

 

[Lappintyre]

Yep I’m with Click too but if they don’t stop then I will move. SSE I think also dropped recently to be more competitive

On their night rate too @davyk31 ?

 

[davyk31]

Yes think the SSE night rate was good but would need to check. Didn’t take a lot of notice as I’m assuming Click will reduce but maybe they are waiting to see how many jump ship. Also SSE may be a year tie in which I’m not too keen on.

 

[paddy1001]

I have an EV ordered, currently out of contract with Power NI, last 1/4 bill was £205 for Jan to Apr, so happy enough with that, esp as the washing mach8ne and tumble dryer never stop in this house.
What do I need to look for with regards to charging etc? We do about 8000 miles a year in the car the EV is replacing, but spend £120 every 3 weeks filling the brute, my wife walks to work (85 yards door to door) so my thoughts were plug the car in during the day and charge from the solar panels? Will that work and save on electric costs or is there a way to program the charger to only work when generating? Is there anything else I should be looking at?

 

[Terry]

I have an EV ordered, currently out of contract with Power NI, last 1/4 bill was £205 for Jan to Apr, so happy enough with that, esp as the washing mach8ne and tumble dryer never stop in this house.
What do I need to look for with regards to charging etc? We do about 8000 miles a year in the car the EV is replacing, but spend £120 every 3 weeks filling the brute, my wife walks to work (85 yards door to door) so my thoughts were plug the car in during the day and charge from the solar panels? Will that work and save on electric costs or is there a way to program the charger to only work when generating? Is there anything else I should be looking at?

Do you have a charger already? If not, a Zappi unit works well with solar. You can set it up to charge when generating and/or only when there’s excess.

Well worth getting onto an economy 7 tariff too. Means you can charge overnight, off-peak, at a reduced rate.

 

[Marynarz]

Charging from solar or exporting will be pretty much the same, compared to night rate. If you want to be green use the panels. Definitely economy 7 is the way to go