ᐅ New Electricity Contract – Looking for More Affordable Electricity Providers

Created on: 30 Dec 2019 09:35
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Hans-Maulwurf
Hello everyone,

We are almost finished with our building project.
The electricity meter has been installed, and now we have received a letter from an electricity provider stating that they are our default supplier.
The letter lists various prices per kWh but does not clearly show the exact rate.
I have read that electricity from the default supplier is usually the most expensive.

How can I find a cheaper electricity provider?
Additionally, we have two electricity meters because of the heat pump.
Do we need a separate contract for this, since the electricity for the heat pump is supposed to be cheaper than household electricity?

The issue with the default supplier concerns postal code 54636.

Can you help me?

Thank you.
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Andre77
3 Jan 2020 00:46
fragg schrieb:

Just an idea: for those who want to go all out, use contracts with monthly cancellation options and subsidize them with the €30 (about $32) bonus from Verivox across the board...

It works well.
I have secured myself with this up to April, May is in progress. The previous months also went smoothly, and the money came in. For both the apartment and the construction site power supply. By the way, Verivox offered €40 (about $43) per switch until the end of December.
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fragg
3 Jan 2020 09:41
Andre77 schrieb:

Works well
I've covered myself with it until April so far, May is in progress. And the past months also went smoothly and money came in. Each time for the apartment and on the construction site for the construction power supply. By the way, Verivox had 40€ per switch until the end of December.

I do this once a year with my gas contract, which only costs 7.50€ (about $8.30) installment, and sometimes I already feel a bit bad about it :P
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Andre77
3 Jan 2020 10:19
@fragg Well, at €7.50 (about $8.40) it's bearable.

Again, the money is just lying on the street, so why not take it?

And the suppliers are raising prices too... whether I like it or not...
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guckuck2
3 Jan 2020 10:23
I am familiar with this commission hopping, which is taken to an extreme in certain communities.
I would be curious to see what the credit score looks like for these people. With 12 entries per year just from short-term electricity contracts, the algorithm must produce some interesting results.
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Andre77
3 Jan 2020 10:25
I can tell you that there are very few requests. You can also see who submits a request when placing an order, then decide whether to accept it or prefer to choose someone else.
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fragg
3 Jan 2020 10:39
In my 12 years of contracts, I’ve never had one that checked the credit bureau. A long, long time ago, I had an O2 mobile phone contract that was reported there. But no electricity, gas, water, or telecommunications contracts have been checked.