Electricity provider

A bit of advice please.

I currently have an Iberdrola contract to provide electricity which expires in September 2015.

I'm not happy with the current contract as i am being charged a standing charge of 5.75KW per day which adds up - particularly as I am only using my apartment as a holiday home 7/8 weeks a year.

Can anyone recommend a better provider?

Is there merit in the Entidad negotiating a better deal on behalf of all the occupiers?

Not as easy to find competitive deals in utilities as in UK and many of the tariffs are based on the power input your meter allows, others may have more info on this but it is a major factor you need to research but I think most suppliers do charge a standing charge and insist on dd being set up.

HC Energia did a lot of marketing on Roda for gas and electricity supply.

Regrettably as the " resort " was set up with so many Communities plus an Entidad it has never been an issue or a responsibility for any of the organisations to negotiate deals for individuals, Spanish suppliers prefer to deal with individuals rather than block deals.

the P12 Community still has 2 suppliers to its 47 community meters which is no doubt similar elsewhere.

We on P12 have asked for a detailed survey and report on electricity and meter needs for some time, we are still awaiting any outcome.

attempting to cut costs in Spain has always been hard work, dealing with Spanish utility companies is even harder.

Afternoon shedshifter

Main thing - don't even think about going for lower than 5.75 kw for the apartment.
We used to only have 3.3 kw at our house in Almoradi when we bought it and it was a pain!
Have 2 rings on the cooker going and turn the kettle on and pooft it trips!
And forget about having the air-con on with the cooker or kettle!

We have recently swapped to HC Energia Dual-Fuel tarrfif at Roda - so now have both our gas and electricity with them and there is a consderable saving on both. All electricity suppliers offer the same - including Iberdrola.

At our house in Almoradi we have swapped to Fenie Energia who are cheaper than Iberdrola - and we have this on a day/night tariff. Day time tariff slightly higher but the night time kw cost is low. Iberdrola standard rate is about 14c per kwh - we are paying 15.9c for day and 6.2c for night.

Great for us as we have our washer, dishwasher on timers to come on over night. Plus we only use the air-con at night in the bedroom. It has saved us quite a lot!

You could also consider swapping to a "Holiday" tarriff. The only company I know that used to do this was EoN.
No standing charge but you pay about double for your usage. However, I can't find it on their website any more.

I've also just checked on Iberdrola website - and they do a holiday home plan as well. Different basis - lower standing charge and lower rate on usage- provided you use electronic billing & DD. Might be worth investigating.

Hope this helps

Thanks for the info  - I will investigate further and report back.

https://www.iberdrola.es/customers/home/electricity/power-up-10kw/conecta-electricity-holidays

Above is the link to the Iberdrola web site - in english-  that I have been recommended which I have gone with.

I have also now opted for all future correspondence to be in english via e-mail .

I'll let you  whether my bills are significantly reduced - or not

Thanks Pommer and Hugh-man for your help / advice