Gas Price Comparison: Bord Gais, Flogas, Airtricity, ESB
January 26, 2013
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Posted by Money Guide
Lowest Gas Prices in Ireland (For New customers)
Bord Gais has three competitors for the supply of Natural Gas in Ireland – Flogas and Airtricity and ESB (Electric Ireland)
Shown below are annual charges based on usage of 20000 kwH per year . We have compared the the cheapest tariffs from each provider – and the most expensive for comparison.
Figures correct as at January 29th 2013 – ( including VAT , standing charges and carbon tax) Rounded to the nearest Euro.
| Company | € cent per kwh | Annual Standing Chg | Annual Bill for 20000kwh | Savings |
| Bord Gais Std Rate | 5.894 | 89.94 | 1353 | 0 |
| Airtricity DD eBills | 5.623 | 103.17 | 1312 | 41 |
| Electric Ireland Dual Fuel DD Ebills Elec Option | 5.54 | 89.90 | 1282 | 71 |
| Flogas Not DD | 5.48 | 87.70 | 1268 | 85 |
| Flogas Direct Debit | 5.010 | 87.70 | 1174 | 179 |
As you can see from the comparison above - a Bord Gais customer on standard rates using 20000 kwH of gas a year would save €179 a year on gas if they switched to Flogas and paid by Direct Debit .
Note: It is possible that gas customers who changed suppliers in the past year will be still on special lower tarrifs or fixed rates. The figures shown above are the prices charged for new customers.
You can check out exactly how much you could save on your gas bills at Uswitch Ireland
NB – 20000 kw/h gas usage anually would be typical for a 3 or 4 bedroomed detached house that uses gas for both heating and hot water.
See our page on Cheapest Electricity in Ireland here
If you have an older gas boiler – you could cut your bills even more by upgrading to a new efficient condensing boiler. There are grants available to help – and you could cut your gas usage and bills by as much as 23% . In the example above – with usage of 20,000kwh – a new boiler could reduce gas bills by €245 a year.
See more here about Grants for new Gas Boilers and more here about Financing of New Boilers
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Categories: Airtricity, Bord Gais, Flogas, Gas Prices, Price Comparison, Saving Money, Switching
Where do you find a 5.010 cent per kwh rate for Flogas?
On their ‘How much will I save? New customer’ page: http://www.flogasnaturalgas.ie/comparerates.php
is displayed the below:
Gas Unit Rate: 5.193 cent per kwh
Standing Charge: 24.64 cent per day
Carbon Tax: 0.419 cent per kwh
eddub – if you look again at that Flogas page – you will find that the rates you are quoting are the Bord Gais rates which Flogas are comparing their rates to. 5.01c per kWh is correct. Thanks
Ok so Im moving soon and i was looking into getting dual gas and electricity form the one company IYHO which is better? Bord Gais do level pay which is handy Im currently with them and on level pay and my bill monthly has only been 33.74 going uo to 48.00 cause I used more in the winter so it was assessed being higher.
Could you please help on which would be better to choose Bord Gais for dual or Airtricty?
Roisin – the cheapest option would be to go for gas from Flogas and Elec from Airtricity.
If you want to use just the one supplier – then Electric Ireland would probably be the cheapest option for you .
See http://www.moneyguideireland.com/electricity-and-gas-cheapest-combined-prices.html
Thanks for that Money Expert, see what Im afraid of is the 2 monthly bills from one company. See level pay from bord Gais is handy cause you know what your paying month by month but i dont know much about it. Do other companies do same type thing?
Aitricity do a “Budget Plan” on Electricity , Flogas do the same on Gas.
Electric Ireland do a scheme called “Equaliser” on Electricity and Gas
All are similar to the Bord Gais “Level Pay” – in that you pay the same amoount every month with tha amount reviewed when the account balance strays too far from zero.
Ok thats brilliant I’ll take a look at their sites and have a look.
Thanks again
I am with Flogas for Gas and Bord Gais for electricity. Both are paid by DD. I do not want to go on a contract with anyone. Are these suppliers the cheapest to go with if taken separately?
I am with electric Ireland and i’m looking at my bill which only came in the door and i’m only paying .05193 per unit so the info on this page is wrong.
Brian – that rate will be before VAT is added. When you add 13.5% VAT it comes to 5.894c. The info on this page is not wrong.
Hi I am currently trying to decide on a new gas connection. Flogas figures are as above. Airtricity are offering me the following prices 4.28c/kwh unit cost and 24.98c standing charge (both ex vat).
Which would you recmmend?
Hi
I am paying 199 euro for electricity pm which i think is excessive to bord gais. Are other providers cheaper. I live in a detached house in the country.
Thanks Tim.l
Flogas are cheaper