cclearman - how's Griddy been tracking as we've warmed up? I have to make a decision in a couple of weeks and seem to be leaning that way.

Month is almost up and I'm at 8.8 average.
That's the fulll cost with the energy and transmission but. It including the $10/month fee.

July sucked with Griddy due to 3-4 days which had terrible spikes
1,624 kWh 12.0/kWh $194.44

Just an FYI have you guys that are Energy Ogre members seen the new Energy Optimization and Consumption Management program . Energy Ogre is now forecasting the coming month and communicating to you weekly where you are to the forecast. This will help you keep an eye on your spend if things get off track. Also help with budgeting.

I don't see that on their site. Where do you find it?

I get an email every week....

I'm hesitant to try Ogre since I do my own research. Should I consider it if I used 1,832 kWh last month and it cost me $121.74 after delivery charges and taxes? I have this rate through August of 2019.

you have a great rate, no need to change

As clearman noted, it appears you have a great rate but it doesn't cost anything to get their input on if and how much they can save you over the next 12 months. Just go to their website linked below and enter the requested data to see what they have to say.

EnergyOgre.com

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I don't see that on their site. Where do you find it?

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I don't see t either nor do I get emails each week?

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I don't see that on their site. Where do you find it?

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I don't see t either nor do I get emails each week?

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FYI, I just got online and chatted with an Ogre and she informed me that this is something new that they are testing out at this time but it is expected to be rolled out to all EO customers sometime in the future...

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Once we roll it out officially, your account will also receive the same emails in regards to the energy optimization and consumption management

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Whoops. I was trying to decide which emoticon to use with my $1 trial period and hit post instead of insert on my link. The choice is obvious now.

This site is incredible & was posted about earlier. Just plug in your usage & it finds the cheapest. Not necessarily the easiest though with those tricky tier programs that have those cliffs you fall off with 1 kwh over that send you into a much higher bill. Still much easier than trying to figure this out yourself.

http://www.texaspowerguide.com/

A better choice is EZ Electricty, their president is Mike Brasovan who is an A&M graduate. They charge 0.004 cents Per 1000 kWh, so if you used 1000 kWh in a month then the fee is four dollars. EZ Electricty donates 1/3 of that four dollar fee to one of 21, charities that you get to choose. The Associaton of Former Students at TAMU is one of the 21 charities. I have no relation to this company, I don't use them presently but will be soon. My sister just saved 59% by going with this company. Members of the Associaton of Former Students at TAMU get a 10% discount which means the fee is 0.0036 per kilowatt hour and EZ donates 1/3 of that fee to one of the 21 charities. I think this is a much better option then energy ogre any day.

http://ezelectricity.com

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This site is incredible & was posted about earlier. Just plug in your usage & it finds the cheapest. Not necessarily the easiest though with those tricky tier programs that have those cliffs you fall off with 1 kwh over that send you into a much higher bill. Still much easier than trying to figure this out yourself.

http://www.texaspowerguide.com/

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If you prefer to ignore plans with usage-dependent rates, you can quickly filter them out by setting TPG's 'Complexity' filter to medium or low.

I'll assume that Energy Ogre has access to view this plan as well & decide if it's right for me. To me it's well worth the cost to just not have to deal with it anymore.

Energy Ogre saved their customers 67 million in 2017. Named Fox 4 Dallas Consumer Product of the Year.

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In the RateGrinder tool, enter at least two monthly usages to unlock the full table of plan results at the bottom. Click the yellow dropdown input box under the heading 'Complexity' and change it from 'Any" to 'Med'.

Thanks Zid!

Griddy

August
1942 kwh $185.71 9.6C rate

September is at 8.4C rate so far

Just signed up as my contract is expiring with our current provider. Should be interesting.

Big fan of energy orgre. We signed up 6 months ago and have noticed the savings.

Any update on EZ Electricity?

I was an Energy Ogre customer until I found Texas Power Agents. Similar idea to EO, but just WAY better at getting deals on my electricity. I saved as much after moving to TPA as I did when going from myself to EO.

Actually cancelled Energy Ogre yesterday. They just set us up on our THIRD 12 month plan. I just didn't see the point in paying them $120 again. They did save us a ton of money over the years we have used them.

In about 11 months I'll look in to the competition. Texas Power Agents is a bit cheaper so I will look in to that.

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Actually cancelled Energy Ogre yesterday. They just set us up on our THIRD 12 month plan. I just didn't see the point in paying them $120 again. They did save us a ton of money over the years we have used them.

In about 11 months I'll look in to the competition. Texas Power Agents is a bit cheaper so I will look in to that.

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This is how I felt. If you switch me every 3,6,9 etc, then yes. But otherwise this is something I could DIY on powertochoose.org

Check out http://awesomepowertexas.com. Much more effective than Power To Choose IMHO.

If not affiliated with them in any way, just a fan.

How does it work? What have you learned?

Just dropped these fools after two years. Thought it was great when they were switching providers for me every three months then they signed up for a six month plan and finally put me on a year plan. Didn't see the point of paying $12/month just have my plan switched every 12 months.

There were several issues with my payments not going through to the point that I would get a notice that my service was about to be shut off for non-payment. Energy Ogre never notified me that there was an issue.

Anyone else still using this? They've now signed me up for a year long plan on basically July 1st for the 2nd year in a row. The whole idea was the basically set it and forget it which I did and now that I noticed this I'm fairly annoyed. I'm
Canceling this at this point.

I just canceled after being a customer for 3+ years. Initially they changed my plans pretty regularly. They put me in a 12 month plan last year and when that one ended they put me in another.

Ya same situation. They had me on 3,6,9 for years swapping around then bam they go lazy. Also keep enrolling me at the height of energy prices each year.

Cancelled over a year ago.

I do my own analysis of usage and pick one. Not hard and no longer worth $120 per year to me.