Gas offer is very poor - I'll stay with Flogas.
what's the difference between flogas and esb?
Tomorrows Times seem pretty positive
THE NEWS that ESB Electric Ireland is cutting its prices by as much as 17 per cent from today will be welcomed by many cash-strapped consumers who should be able to knock nearly €200 off the cost of their annual electricity bill with a simple phone call.
The size of some of the electricity discounts the company is now offering is not unexpected. A significant price move had been anticipated with the full deregulation of the domestic electricity market.
It has been a long time coming. For two years, the ESB has watched powerlessly as its rivals in the Irish market, Bord Gáis Energy and Airtricity, undercut its prices by as much as 14 per cent and drained it of its customers in the process.
Between them, they have taken more than 800,000 customers off the ESB in just over two years and customers continue to desert the semi-State at a rate of 5,000 a week, and it has been unable to respond. Its prices have been rigidly controlled by the energy regulator to ensure new arrivals in the market were given a competitive edge over the one-time monopoly until its market share fell below 60 per cent. Earlier this year that magic number was reached and with deregulation kicking in today, the gloves have finally come off.
The main beneficiaries, at least in the short term, will be consumers. In the longer term, an absence of State control on prices will give the company the freedom to do what it likes when it comes to prices and consumers will have little comeback.
For now, however, the news is only good. New and returning customers who pay by direct debit – it is the only payment option available to them – will qualify for a 12 per cent discount on the current unit price of electricity.
They will also get another 3 per cent off if they switch to the company’s gas offering; from today ESB Electric Ireland has become a dual fuel supplier and entered the domestic gas market. It is promising users who switch discounted rates of up to 6 per cent on the regulated prices currently offered by Bord Gáis.
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Hi Guys.Anyone know if this is correct.
I am with ESB and have been paying by direct debit, so automatic 12% saving or so I thought.
Anyway I rang because I fancied the extra 2% for online billing. Spoke to a nice lady on the phone and she said ok I will change you over so as you get the 12% for direct debit and 2% for online billing. I thought to myself thats strange "would I not be changed over automatically as I already pay by direct debit" and she said "no you need to ring up and apply"!
From ESB Electric Ireland:
The reason the price plans aren't automatically applied is because there are a range of price plan options that would need to be tailored to each individual customer. If you are signed up to online billing already you should receive a notification about the new price plans, which includes a direct link to update your account.
I have been loyal to ESB but if they want me to go DD to have a reduction in tarif I will go with Airtricity, I have nothing to lose except get back at ESB. I can pay by a number of electronic methods but they all insist on DD.Why?
You don't have to go with DD if you're a customer in good standing for more than 12 months. If you phone them, they can fix you up.I have been loyal to ESB but if they want me to go DD to have a reduction in tarif I will go with Airtricity, I have nothing to lose except get back at ESB. I can pay by a number of electronic methods but they all insist on DD.Why?
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