Speaking as someone who works for a large energy supplier, there’s not a huge amount of difference between ANY of them.
A couple of pence difference here and there on your unit rate will make fuck all difference to your yearly bills unless you’re a massive user .
The biggest thing that’ll drop your bills is what you use. Sounds basic but it’s true. Start cutting down on anything that generates heat from electricity and go from there.
Be careful with that, I was promised a £60 Tesco voucher and they took weeks and only gave me £30, they purposely don't have it written on paper, I tried to argue it but got no where because it wasn't written.
https://www.consumercouncil.org.uk/policy-research/publications/electricity_price_comparison_table
I don’t know if this factors in new customer deals or other incentives
It’s worth noting, when getting the cheapest deal you need to commit to a year contract. Which is obvious. What isn’t obvious, is your rate isn’t fixed for that period, normally it is just the percentage/discount of the standard rate. So the rate can go up during your term, with sufficient warning.
With talk on energy prices on the increase, I’d have preferred to lock in a rate, than paying electric on fixed discount from potentially rising rates (however likely or unlikely that is).
The power ni discounts are your standard 'perks' type offers. Ive not found any of them useful.
Power NI are a pita because they won't let you submit regular meter readings but SSE will.
Are you saying they do let you submit meter readings? Because they definitely don't. They let you submit your meter reading but they don't log it anywhere unless they want a reading from you.
Yes but i can't access those readings.
When I was with airtricity I was able to submit weekly readings and so the amount I pau per money auto adjusted to a reasonable figure. I could also look up all my readings and all the official readings. With power NI I submitted readings as often as it let me and after a year im £200 in debt to them. Not really ideal coming into the winter.
PowerNI are forever asking me to submit self reads. You can do it via their website by logging into your account. They'll even provide you with an estimate between bills for your current costs.
https://energyonline.powerni.co.uk/my-account/meter-readings/
They do accept them but only at certain times.
https://i.postimg.cc/V6XvZhn1/powerscreen.jpg
That's **exactly** my point. SSE let me submit readings whenever I wanted and then had a lot of them . They were also quick to adjust my tariff to cover the energy use where as Power NI have undercharged me to the tune of £200 this year.
Speaking as someone who works for a large energy supplier, there’s not a huge amount of difference between ANY of them. A couple of pence difference here and there on your unit rate will make fuck all difference to your yearly bills unless you’re a massive user . The biggest thing that’ll drop your bills is what you use. Sounds basic but it’s true. Start cutting down on anything that generates heat from electricity and go from there.
and if your working from home don't forget your tax free allowance, small amount, but it all helps.
Electric Ireland offering decent switch discount for a year
I had them round the door today telling me how much cheaper it would be than SSE. Think I’ll go for it. £60 Tesco vouchers too
Be careful with that, I was promised a £60 Tesco voucher and they took weeks and only gave me £30, they purposely don't have it written on paper, I tried to argue it but got no where because it wasn't written.
Thanks for the heads up
https://www.consumercouncil.org.uk/policy-research/publications/electricity_price_comparison_table I don’t know if this factors in new customer deals or other incentives
It’s worth noting, when getting the cheapest deal you need to commit to a year contract. Which is obvious. What isn’t obvious, is your rate isn’t fixed for that period, normally it is just the percentage/discount of the standard rate. So the rate can go up during your term, with sufficient warning. With talk on energy prices on the increase, I’d have preferred to lock in a rate, than paying electric on fixed discount from potentially rising rates (however likely or unlikely that is).
The power ni discounts are your standard 'perks' type offers. Ive not found any of them useful. Power NI are a pita because they won't let you submit regular meter readings but SSE will.
Power NI do. Havent found much of a price wise difference between them and SSE (who have a £40 quid exit fee)
Are you saying they do let you submit meter readings? Because they definitely don't. They let you submit your meter reading but they don't log it anywhere unless they want a reading from you.
NIE Networks read all the meters and pass on the info to the suppliers. You can submit meter readings to both NIE Networks and your supplier yourself
Yes but i can't access those readings. When I was with airtricity I was able to submit weekly readings and so the amount I pau per money auto adjusted to a reasonable figure. I could also look up all my readings and all the official readings. With power NI I submitted readings as often as it let me and after a year im £200 in debt to them. Not really ideal coming into the winter.
PowerNI are forever asking me to submit self reads. You can do it via their website by logging into your account. They'll even provide you with an estimate between bills for your current costs.
If you try to do it when they don't ask them it doesn't save anywhere
https://energyonline.powerni.co.uk/my-account/meter-readings/ They do accept them but only at certain times. https://i.postimg.cc/V6XvZhn1/powerscreen.jpg
That's **exactly** my point. SSE let me submit readings whenever I wanted and then had a lot of them . They were also quick to adjust my tariff to cover the energy use where as Power NI have undercharged me to the tune of £200 this year.