It is the standing charge for the electricity supply that I am referring to.
I presume this is set by the Energy regulator. Bord Gais has not increased this charge to its electricity customers
So really what were seeing here is that the Airtricity deal is a good one regardless but particularly if you’re a high gas user. But if you’re a lower gas user and an average or higher electricity user, you’d be better off with Bord Gais or Airtricity for electricity and Flogas for gas.
In the UK, home energy tariffs are now more complicated than mobile phone bills. Before long we’ll see the same thing in Ireland. Without a standard by which tariffs can be compared, savings figures from suppliers will become completely meaningless.
I have been with Airtricity for 18 months now and up until recently have been happy with their service. I had opted for internet billing and direct debit and they always texted me when the meter was due to be read, however, for past couple of billing periods they have failed to text me to remind me to read the meter resulting in expensive estimated bills and despite me ringing them a few times the problem wasn't rectified. Today after getting another est bill, i rang Bord Gais and made the big switch. Bord Gais will make all the arrangements with airtricity for the switch over, i didnt have to do anything apart from giving bank details for the direct debit, altogether i am saving 13 percent on ESB prices. The chap also said that they will always stay in competition with ESB.I joined airtricity right back at the very start - when on paper they had the cheapest rate of all 3. Are we now saying that Bord Gais is no.1?
Whats the process for switching from Airtricity to BG?
(Yes, I know I can look this up - but I just wanted to tap the collected brains of aam - jugst to see if there is any sneaky stuff in getting out from under Airtricity).
Yes - I had this experience some months ago -although I got them to rectify it. I wondered whether it was in fact policy rather than a system fault....I had opted for internet billing and direct debit and they always texted me when the meter was due to be read, however, for past couple of billing periods they have failed to text me to remind me to read the meter resulting in expensive estimated bills and despite me ringing them a few times the problem wasn't rectified.
As far as i'm aware - ESB Networks take care of that - regardless of who the supplier is. I think they only have to do it a few times a year.Do Airtricity call and read the metre or just txt you to do it. I have recently signed up with them and presumed they hadn't called due to the very bad weather conditions.
Do Airtricity call and read the metre or just txt you to do it. I have recently signed up with them and presumed they hadn't called due to the very bad weather conditions.
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