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NIE price

Old_Git
Old_Git Posts: 4,751 Forumite
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in N. Ireland
I currently pay by monthly DD .My electric rate is charged at 12.66p per unit .
Is this the cheapest I can get from NIE .
"Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many"
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  • gibbyni
    gibbyni Posts: 335 Forumite
    is that not the old rate, the new rate is 16.88p have a look here http://www.nieenergy.co.uk/latestprices.php
  • broke_mum_of_three
    broke_mum_of_three Posts: 273 Forumite
    Have just been on with N.I.E as a girl in work was telling me her monthly DD is going up to £103!
    She reckons with the increase of 33% mine will be about £50 which is still scary!
    Live on a little over £4k challenge
    Sealed pot challenge no. 315
  • kmcl1
    kmcl1 Posts: 10 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Hi , mine going up to £123 a month - despite using economy 7 tariff , energy efficient bulbs etc (something to do with 4 kids I think)- hopefully the price will be reviewed in the light of the reduction in oil prices - although I'm not holding my breath.
  • xlr8r_y2k
    xlr8r_y2k Posts: 58 Forumite
    kmcl1 wrote: »
    Hi , mine going up to £123 a month - despite using economy 7 tariff , energy efficient bulbs etc (something to do with 4 kids I think)- hopefully the price will be reviewed in the light of the reduction in oil prices - although I'm not holding my breath.


    I'm on NIE's Eco Energy Tariff, absoultely the same price as their normal tariff but Eco Energy is NIE Energy's alternative source of green electricity and for every unit of electricity you use in your home NIE buy's an equivalent amount of power from a local 'renewable' supplier such as a wind farm.

    It's absolutely free to sign up http://www.nie-yourenergy.co.uk/eco.php and you get your bill on eco-energy branded paper WOW!

    xL
  • DesG
    DesG Posts: 1,291 Forumite
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    No offence, but most of us just want cheaper bills!

    Cheers, Des.
  • itsmylife_2
    itsmylife_2 Posts: 153 Forumite
    I can't believe the price of electric now... I dread to think what my next bill will be. I have wrote to my local MP about it as I feel I have to make my voice heard somehow, though how much good it will do I'm not sure - doesn't hurt to try eh?
    tying hard to cut down grocery shop bill...
  • Old_Git
    Old_Git Posts: 4,751 Forumite
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    you wont get cheaper electricity until there is competition ,and that wont happen anytime soon .
    "Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many"
  • booklover
    booklover Posts: 898 Forumite
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    We pay £50 per month dd now. Any ideas how to reduce this..

    We have a 5 bed semi
    tumble dryer on about 3 hours per week, washing machine ever other day, 2 laptops and 1 desktop, dishwasher on about 3 times a week. We also have an old fridge freezer 24 years old. the tv is on about 6 hours a day and power shower 15 mins per day.

    Many thanks for yout tips :T

    booklover
  • xlr8r_y2k
    xlr8r_y2k Posts: 58 Forumite
    DesG wrote: »
    No offence, but most of us just want cheaper bills!

    Cheers, Des.

    don't we all, but as NIE is our only supplier we ain't got much choice

    btw signing up to the eco-tariff does get you a free Home Energy check from the Energy Saving Trust providing you with energy efficiency advice for your home so you might just find some ways to save energy and save money and do a little for the enviroment at the same time - everyones a winner!

    xL
  • guli
    guli Posts: 212 Forumite
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    booklover wrote: »
    We pay £50 per month dd now. Any ideas how to reduce this..

    We have a 5 bed semi
    tumble dryer on about 3 hours per week, washing machine ever other day, 2 laptops and 1 desktop, dishwasher on about 3 times a week. We also have an old fridge freezer 24 years old. the tv is on about 6 hours a day and power shower 15 mins per day.

    Many thanks for yout tips :T

    booklover

    Easy, shower at your local community centre, hand wash your clothes, hang dry your clothes, reduce computer use to just one machine, charge your laptops at work, hand wash your dishes, change your fridge freezer, buy a small 14inch TV!
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