Switched to Airtricity during the week from Bord Gais.Had used my two years of discounts with BG. On the day of switch,i had reverted to BG'S standard residential tariff.
Note that someone leaving Airtricity or Electric Ireland would get better rates from BG than i would as a current customer.
Current tariff Bord Gais. unit charge 15.79c/kWh 37.6c/day standing charge
Switch to Electric Ireland unit charge 14.41c/kWh 38.57c/day standing charge
This unit rate includes -4% DD, -2% ebills, -5% switch discounts. (1 yr contract)
Switch to Airtricity. unit charge 13.61c/kWh 41.44c/day standing charge (46.37 from 1/4/12) This also includes discounts for DD and ebills.
This is the one year option.There is also a two year option where the standing charges are the same but the unit rates are (Yr 1 13.3c/kWh, Yr 2 14.56c/kWh).
All providers have a €1.63/month PSO levy
In my case, based on my last few bills,I was slightly better off going to Airtricity with their lower unit charge than EI with their lower standing charge.This calculation was made using Airtricity's new April higher standing charge for all of the bill.
I figure EI will probably follow on with increases later in the year.
These unit prices aren't locked in, based on 24 hour rural tariff and all figures used are exclusive of Vat