I live in an urban "nightsaver" house - i.e. one with storage heaters and immersion that operate overnight.
Up to recently I had a day/night nightsaver meter - i.e. one with separate day/night unit readings.
I have always been on, and currently remain on, a nightsaver tariff with different day/night unit rates - higher in the day and lower at night.
This always made sense as up to 50% of my total electricity usage is at night so the lower night rate helped to cut costs.
ESB Networks/Circet recently replaced my nightsaver meter with a smart meter.
My existing nightsaver tariff with Flogas is unaffected.
But if/when I decide to shop around am I eligible to opt for nightsaver tariffs that many providers still offer?
Or are they only available to those who remain on an actual physical nightsaver meter and the only options available to me are standard 24 hour flat rate tariffs or smart meter tariffs?
As far as I can see both will be much more expensive than the nightsaver tariffs that I have been on up to now!
When shopping around most providers get you to input your MPRN and from that they detect what sort of meter you have - nightsaver day/night rate, 24 hour/flat rate or smart meter.
Does the introduction of smart meters mean that nightsaver users like myself are going to be penalised?
Of is it a case of calling them to explain that I'm on a smart meter but would like to opt for a nightsaver tariff?
Up to recently I had a day/night nightsaver meter - i.e. one with separate day/night unit readings.
I have always been on, and currently remain on, a nightsaver tariff with different day/night unit rates - higher in the day and lower at night.
This always made sense as up to 50% of my total electricity usage is at night so the lower night rate helped to cut costs.
ESB Networks/Circet recently replaced my nightsaver meter with a smart meter.
My existing nightsaver tariff with Flogas is unaffected.
But if/when I decide to shop around am I eligible to opt for nightsaver tariffs that many providers still offer?
Or are they only available to those who remain on an actual physical nightsaver meter and the only options available to me are standard 24 hour flat rate tariffs or smart meter tariffs?
As far as I can see both will be much more expensive than the nightsaver tariffs that I have been on up to now!
When shopping around most providers get you to input your MPRN and from that they detect what sort of meter you have - nightsaver day/night rate, 24 hour/flat rate or smart meter.
Does the introduction of smart meters mean that nightsaver users like myself are going to be penalised?
Of is it a case of calling them to explain that I'm on a smart meter but would like to opt for a nightsaver tariff?