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Gran Alacant Forum => General Discussions => Topic started by: Annette on August 25, 2017, 12:39.
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Has anyone come across or switched to Foxenergia? A supply company based in Murcia I believe who now have an office in Alicante. I have heard that they are cheaper than iberdrola..
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If they are to Iberdrola what Grannet are to Telefonica then sign me up! I'm all for saving twenty quid and boiling water on a meths stove!
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Yea I hate the switch on/off juggle when cooking more than a boiled egg. The one to watch out for is the water heater which I always turn off first.
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If they are to Iberdrola what Grannet are to Telefonica then sign me up! I'm all for saving twenty quid and boiling water on a meths stove!
But what if they are not??
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At home here in the UK I regularly switch energy suppliers with no problems whatsoever, if the process of switching in Spain was as transparent, i.e. websites showing the alternatives and their cost, I and I guess many others would have deserted Iberdrola years ago.
Regards all
John
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I compare prices and change supplier nearly every year in the UK as well as home, car and travel insurance and breakdown cover. It's amazing how cheap the introductory offers are compared to their renewal quotes. Haven't found a comparison site in Spain yet though.
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I like to find the best switch deals on all utilities in the uk,like John says, you can see the comparison and reviews give a good indication of service as cheapest is not always the best. Iberdrola have the monopoly but they at least keep the power on most of the time, i would have little faith in another supplier at this moment in time, sometimes its best to stick with wnat you have even if it costs a few pennies more.
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I've been with Iberdrola for 15 years now and have had no problems - every 3 years a representative calls and offers discounts for a 12 month period - last week I signed for an 18% discount. I think its good Iberdrola have competition - it is heathier.
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Be careful Bernie - people on here have signed at the door for a discount only to discover the discount didn't cover the cost of the insurance they'd signed up for. People had to go to Santa Pola to get it sorted.
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Spot on Blue and White, I interestingly signed for a plan when we weren't even in Spain!!
Get out of that Iberdrola
I only found out when I queried why my bill had gone up.
I've just checked the Iberdrola web site, it contains all their offers, the only way I could save a few euros is by going on the day/night tariff......I might save a few percent on the bill, but when I'm trying to sleep I don't want to hear the washing machine or dishwasher sounding like they're having a party, I also don't think my neighbours would appreciate it
Regards all
John
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John - They won't hear it over their 24 hour a day air conditioning unit.
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The Iberdrola 18% off man is on tour in Altomar 2 right now, he seemed very upset when I declined his "valued customer" offer.
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Surprisingly he got quite arsy with me the other week, he called me mad english (which im not) for not wanting his brilliant deal which was going to save me a fortune.
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Surprisingly he got quite arsy with me the other week, he called me mad english (which im not) for not wanting his brilliant deal which was going to save me a fortune.
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Spot on Blue and White, I interestingly signed for a plan when we weren't even in Spain!!
Get out of that Iberdrola
I only found out when I queried why my bill had gone up.
I've just checked the Iberdrola web site, it contains all their offers, the only way I could save a few euros is by going on the day/night tariff......I might save a few percent on the bill, but when I'm trying to sleep I don't want to hear the washing machine or dishwasher sounding like they're having a party, I also don't think my neighbours would appreciate it
Regards all
John
Hi John,
I apologise if you are already aware but the Iberdrola tariff you mention isn't strictly day / night; more off / on peak.
The off peak in summer is 2300 - 1300 and peak is 1300 to 2300 (in winter it goes back by one hour to 2200 - 1200 and 1200 - 2200). So you get plenty of time in the morning to do any washing and meal preparations before the peak period starts. My rates are - off peak €0.06/KwH and on peak €0.14KwH; compared to €0.11KwH all the time on the standard tariff that I was on before.
Without being too paranoid about doing everything off peak my bills have reduced enough to have made it worthwhile changing. The big plus is having the aircon on all night without the thought of the cost keeping me awake :).
Horses for courses I suppose
Dave
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Cheers Dave, Ive just taken a good look at this and signed up for it!!
My Capacity invoiced charge (including IVA) will go down from €329 a year to €279 a year...........better in my pocket than theirs.
I'm currently paying €0.129 per KWh the new rates are off peak €0.061 per KHh (less than half what we are currently paying) and the on peak rate of €0.143 is only 10% more than we are currently paying.
Iberdrolas web site reckons I will save €100 a year by making the switch, obviously if we spent more time in GA the savings would be greater.
Thanks for the heads up and making me take another look Dave
Regards all
John
PS Just to add, by doing it on line I was able to make sure that all the boxes offering insurance and other such deals were unticked!!
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Cheers John; one last word on the subject for the benefit of anyone else considering changing - did you pay anything to switch using the website. We changed over at the Iberdrola shop in Santa Pola and were charged €17.68 admin costs to change contracts. Took about 10 minutes so seemed a bit excessive for a few strokes of the keyboard.
Dave
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Not a cent Dave.
https://www.iberdrola.es/webclipb/gc/prod/en_US/planes/docs/plan_noche.pdf
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Had my second bill since switching to the day night tariff, without any planning we are using a higher percentage of energy at the lower rate, wish I’d switched years ago.
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Is that having a shower and using the washing machine at 2am John.
Also amazing that they charge more in tax and extra payments for having the higher rate than you actually used in electricity. Well that's the lack of competition for you.
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Thanks John for info. have now switched on line to duel billing
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Interesting, we’ve now received quite a few bills since switching to the day time/night time tariff, we don’t plan our usage around the tariff, things are just done as normal.
Since switching 57% of our consumption has been at the lower rate, the net effect of this has been to lower our energy cost to 0.096 €/KWh before taxes, a whopping 25% reduction on our old tariff
It’s well worth thinking about switching if you haven’t already done so
And once again, thanks Dave G for enlightening me!!
Regards all
John
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Are the standing charges more expensive for the off peak tariff ?
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Hi Kevin, mine have gone down by 60 euros a year, its win win!!
You can compare all the tariffs on their website.
Regards all
John
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Many thanks John.
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It's Fenergy, & I've been with them for 2 years now. Never lost power, & I think they're cheaper, but with the differences in the way they present their bills & charges, who knows?
Same as UK, they don't have a standard which any true regulator could & should insist upon.
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I have a 3.5kw supply and rarely have the trip go, I have put our water heater on a timer so that it heats from five in the morning for a couple of hours and same in the evening, from three to five when the cooker is not in use so it means I rarely exceed the house supply rating.
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Been on Iberdola website to change to the night tariff but every time I try to complete it says the NIE number I put in is incorrect, I've tried various ways to put it in, without - or the letter M after number but nothing works. Tried passport number as well but says invalid. Final thing is it says my mobile number is not incorrect format even though tried with and without + and 0044.
Any ideas those who have done online as wasted a good hour on a simple online form!,
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I spent two hours trying to create an online account only to eventually remember I already had one, did it years ago, Doh! I found I had created my account with my old passport, try inputting passport number instead of nie .
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Can anyone advise where Iberdola office is and do they speak much English. Can't get tariff changed online.
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Yes, they do speak a little English
Regards all
John
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my saving on the day/nite tarrif is 14euro a month with the same usage before switching. You can switch on their website
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Hi Ian, tried numerous times on website but in kept saying passport information was incorrect, tried old passport but that didn't work either so need to call in next month when over
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if you get your bills by email it was no problem switching tarrifs