The Big Switch- anyone been switched yet?

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Waiting for what :) Your wan of the TV to call around and flip switch the Big switch at the side of your house ;)

I switched on the day it was announced. I recieved a letter from ESB last week saying I was being switched and my final bill prepaired. I recieved my final bill on Friday. Yet to get my 1st Bord Gais electicty bill.... i dont mind waiting :)
 
Luckycharm said:
I switched a month ago and I am still waiting!!
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Waiting for your final bill from the ESB I presume and your first bill from Bord Gais.

You could be waiting for some time yet. Bord Gais have a huge backlog of applications and they are finding it difficult to cope with the demand.

It means that when your application is finally processed you could be getting a first bill from Bord Gais covering much more than the usual two months.

This will all end in tears for a lot of people.

Regards,

Fnergg
 
Fnergg said:
You could be waiting for some time yet. Bord Gais have a huge backlog of applications and they are finding it difficult to cope with the demand.

It means that when your application is finally processed you could be getting a first bill from Bord Gais covering much more than the usual two months.

This will all end in tears for a lot of people.

Regards,

Fnergg
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Maybe the overpaid & under-worked ESB staff (if Bord Gáis are that snowed under with electricity applications, ESB must be heading in the opposite direction!) could help in Bord Gáis out for a while ;)
 
Fnergg said:
Waiting for your final bill from the ESB I presume and your first bill from Bord Gais.

You could be waiting for some time yet. Bord Gais have a huge backlog of applications and they are finding it difficult to cope with the demand.

It means that when your application is finally processed you could be getting a first bill from Bord Gais covering much more than the usual two months.

This will all end in tears for a lot of people.

Regards,

Fnergg
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Guy from Bord Gais just on Matt Cooper Show and said that if you phone or email in your current meter reading it will speed things up.

I am going to do that now cos I have heard nothing from them since I registered (other than the standard "we received your application" email that everyone got).
 
I got an email from Bord Gais about 2 weeks ago telling me that it could take up to 60 days to make the switch (I couldn't send them a reading as I didn't have a meter key at the time...but they sent me one of those on request!). Got an ESB bill the same week I switched, so presume I'll have to wait until the end of the next 2 month cycle.
 
They wouldn't take my meter reading 3 weeks ago when I rang as they had too much of a backlog..............
 
RMCF said:
Guy from Bord Gais just on Matt Cooper Show and said that if you phone or email in your current meter reading it will speed things up.
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If you don't supply a reading Bord Gais will have to wait for the next actual reading from ESB Networks. ESB Networks only read meters 4 times a year so your next two-monthly reading could be a scheduled estimated read. In which case Bord Gais will have to wait for another two months. And if that reading is also estimated due to non-access there could be a further two months wait!

I think most customers will already have provided their own readings to Bord Gais. What is really happening is that Bord Gais have a huge backlog and they are finding it very difficult to cope. They have been the victims of their own (excellent) marketing campaign - they do not have enough staff on the ground to process the applications that have flowed into them.

Regards,

Fnergg
 
I supplied Bord Gais with a reading... hence I got a final bill from ESB... All future units to be charged by Bord Gais.... I (cough).... under estimated my reading by a few hundred units as my previous ESB bill was underestimated so it didnt look mad... So the next units reading will be high... but at discounted unit rate :)..
 
I switched on 25th Feb and supplied BG with a meter reading. So far I have received the standard "we received your application blah blah", email, followed a few days later by an e-mail telling me that it could take up to 60 days.

Nothing since from either ESB or BG.
 
Indiansign said:
So far I have received the standard "we received your application blah blah", email, followed a few days later by an e-mail telling me that it could take up to 60 days.
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I recieved my Final ESB bill 3 days after that letter to me.... When I first saw 60 days I thought it mad. But suppose thats worse case....
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OK, I switched a while agon,, but I have received no email :(

I did ercieve an ESB bill for only 5 weeks, so I assume that was my final bill off those guys, I can't remember, but do they mention that it's your final bill on the..er...bill?
 
Switched about a month and a half ago and so far, have only gotten a letter to say that there was a huge backlog and that they would be in touch soon?
 
Kine said:
OK, I switched a while agon,, but I have received no email :(

I did ercieve an ESB bill for only 5 weeks, so I assume that was my final bill off those guys, I can't remember, but do they mention that it's your final bill on the..er...bill?
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Yes. It will be clearly marked Final Bill.

Regards,

Fnergg
 
Hi, just a quick question - we have nightsaver rate with ESB so presume this won't cause a problem when switching. It doesn't mention it on An Bord Gais website and it takes ages to get through to them. Thanks.
 
This is not a problem in the literature they show how to take the readings from the dual day and night meter.

Just take a note of both current readings.
 
Seems like it's more trouble than it's worth to make the big switch. all that hassle for 10% less.....I think not.
 
Not sure that it is hassle as it is a simple on line form to fill in and you wait. Rather I would call it a delay and they did warn that the switch could take 60 days. I am presuming that the changeover will be at the reading that I gave them so even if there is a delay I will still get the benefit of in my case a 14% saving.

One thing I cannot see any information on is as to whether they will allow a budget plan arranagement as the ESB offer (and Bord Gais do on the gas bill) where they average your bill out to a montly payment all year round. Does anyone know if Bord Gais are offering this for the electricity?
 
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