Are you not in a deregulated city?

Those of you who are receiving these ~$20-30 bills, do you have a delivery charge? I'm paying $.045 cents per kWh for a "CenterPoint Energy Delivery Charge" on my bill, which presumably the provider has no control over, so how are you guys getting such low bills? Is that delivery charge considerably lower in other areas?

The delivery charge is roughly 90% of my bill in this case.

The delivery charge depends on the area and the provider. The bill is usually 90% delivery. My area is like 6.5 cents a kWh, so my rate of 7.2 includes delivery so I'm basically paying less than 1 cent for the electricity but then paying for line maintenance. AEP is the one who maintains our lines, but different areas have different rates.

what's odd to me is that there are a couple guys (presumably from Houston) quoting 3.6 cents total, which seems impossible.

They have me on a Gexa plan currently. We don't use much electricity in general right now (about 500kwh last bill) but with the plan I'm on they give a $25 credit if you stay under 999kwh. That's why my bill is only $20.

so if your local service charge were the same as mine (at 4.5 cents), then Gexa is losing money by giving you that credit? Is this a true pass through cost or just made up?

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They have me on a Gexa plan currently. We don't use much electricity in general right now (about 500kwh last bill) but with the plan I'm on they give a $25 credit if you stay under 999kwh. That's why my bill is only $20.

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Mine is similar

My plan is a $40 credit (gexa) if I stay between 999-2000 KWHrs.

With a SAHM and two little ones, we use 1300-1900 for 9 months out of the year.

1400 kW used, $52

Has anyone been with Energy Ogre long enough that the initial contract ended? Do they keep you month to month with the original provider? Or do they switch between providers to get the best deal? My concern is if they continue to switch between providers that each new provider will run my credit.

I haven't signed up for a new electricity provider for at least 5 years (been with Startex the whole time), and I couldn't remember if they ran my credit when I started or not.

Energy Ogre requires your SSN when signing up with them, and with the amount of money that I would be saving I don't think its worth the hit to my credit if its getting run every 6 months. Does anyone know what the hit to my credit score would be if someone ran my credit every 6 months for electricity?

MrJonMan, who are you with that you have a $52 bill using 1400KW?

I could be wrong but I believe that a credit check for utility, insurance, etc., is treated differently by the credit bureaus than if you were shopping for a loan. Such a check shouldn't affect your credit rating.

If I'm wrong I'm sure someone will speak up and correct me.

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Has anyone been with Energy Ogre long enough that the initial contract ended? Do they keep you month to month with the original provider? Or do they switch between providers to get the best deal? My concern is if they continue to switch between providers that each new provider will run my credit.

I haven't signed up for a new electricity provider for at least 5 years (been with Startex the whole time), and I couldn't remember if they ran my credit when I started or not.

Energy Ogre requires your SSN when signing up with them, and with the amount of money that I would be saving I don't think its worth the hit to my credit if its getting run every 6 months. Does anyone know what the hit to my credit score would be if someone ran my credit every 6 months for electricity?

MrJonMan, who are you with that you have a $52 bill using 1400KW?

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Sorry, I misspoke, it was a bar graph I was looking at on my phone. After looking closer, it's more like 1100-1200kw used.

I'm with Gexa

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Has anyone been with Energy Ogre long enough that the initial contract ended? Do they keep you month to month with the original provider? Or do they switch between providers to get the best deal? My concern is if they continue to switch between providers that each new provider will run my credit.

I haven't signed up for a new electricity provider for at least 5 years (been with Startex the whole time), and I couldn't remember if they ran my credit when I started or not.

Energy Ogre requires your SSN when signing up with them, and with the amount of money that I would be saving I don't think its worth the hit to my credit if its getting run every 6 months. Does anyone know what the hit to my credit score would be if someone ran my credit every 6 months for electricity?

MrJonMan, who are you with that you have a $52 bill using 1400KW?

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You can opt for no credit check when you sign up. I did that for that specific reason. They just switched me to Gexa and no credit check was required.

I don't think they pull your credit scores like if you're getting a home loan or something. I think they just run your credit history which I don't think impacts your score. No different than getting a cell phone account or other utility. I could be wrong though.

Working great for me so far. Just got my first full month bill. With Bounce from 11/18-12/17 last year I paid $77.63 while using only 600 KwH??, Same time period this year I used 723 KWH and my bill was only $56.60. Im happy so far!

$90.49 for December on Discount Power. $120 net savings for the month.

I have been with Energy Ogre for about 7 months. This was my first month on my new contract. Used 1648 kwh and my bill was $68.98.

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I have been with Energy Ogre for about 7 months. This was my first month on my new contract. Used 1648 kwh and my bill was $68.98.

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Awesome pricing. Who do they have you with? I need to try Energy Ogre out. I just paid $143 for 1400 kwh. My plan expires in March

Pennywise.

I switched and am in my first month with the new company. I will let everyone know the savings.

The spreadsheet looked promising.

First bill. Gexa.

18 days. 1039 KW/hrs.

$27.20.

On the fence w this. I feel like I do a good job w power to choose and switch each year as necessary. Those of you who are saving money w this, did you shop yourself previously and does energy ogre do substantially better?

I'm not sold at this point. All the miraculous plans that people talk about on here have been unavailable to me while the ones I could have found myself on PTC are what I end up with.

We'll see.

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On the fence w this. I feel like I do a good job w power to choose and switch each year as necessary. Those of you who are saving money w this, did you shop yourself previously and does energy ogre do substantially better?

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Energy ogre gets unpublished rates from these companies.

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On the fence w this. I feel like I do a good job w power to choose and switch each year as necessary. Those of you who are saving money w this, did you shop yourself previously and does energy ogre do substantially better?

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I used to toy around on PTC all the time shopping rates and jus got tired of it. So I can't say if OE gets additional rye plans that don't show up on PTC. I just know for $60 bucks for a 6 month contract, it's worth it to me. I make that up almost entirely on the first bill.

First Gexa Bill: 1276 KWH @ $44.01....effective rate of $0.034/KWH

Had I stuck with my old plan same KWH would have cost me $122.58 so taking out the EO $10 charge I saved $68.57 this month alone.

Granted, I hit the $40 credit for usage between 1,000 - 2,000 KWH, wont be able to hit that in summer but it's nice to get it other months.

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First Gexa Bill: 1276 KWH @ $44.01....effective rate of $0.034/KWH

Had I stuck with my old plan same KWH would have cost me $122.58 so taking out the EO $10 charge I saved $68.57 this month alone.

Granted, I hit the $40 credit for usage between 1,000 - 2,000 KWH, wont be able to hit that in summer but it's nice to get it other months.

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We went from a well insulated, 2000 square foot, single story home where our power bill was in the mid to high $100s in May, April & June to a 3000 square foot, 2 story home that was built 8 years prior to our first home and we've yet to get a power bill over about $130 and since late fall, they've mostly been around $100 (and that is with a wife and 3 girls home most of the day)

I'm on the ogre as well but this gexa deal is a published rate no? Wessimo has been singing its praises.

my usage...didnt expect that much variance (gas heat)

1529kw used

$66

Is this helpful for people who don't use a lot of electricity? I only used 300kw in December, but I have gas stove, heat and dryer so made up any savings.

They claim they can find the absolute best plan for everyone to save the most money possible and they back it up by a satisfaction guarantee. I would at least call them and start the process. If you don't like the plan they find you ask for a refund. Now the question becomes is the cost of the service worth it. It will take you a long time to save enough to pay for itself so it may not be worth much. Some posters on here have reported getting pretty sizable credits for staying under 500kwh. I would at least call them and let them work the numbers for you.

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They claim they can find the absolute best plan for everyone to save the most money possible and they back it up by a satisfaction guarantee. I would at least call them and start the process. If you don't like the plan they find you ask for a refund. Now the question becomes is the cost of the service worth it. It will take you a long time to save enough to pay for itself so it may not be worth much. Some posters on here have reported getting pretty sizable credits for staying under 500kwh. I would at least call them and let them work the numbers for you.

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My 6 month contract cost me $60 total.

I saved an estimated $40-$55 on my first bill from what I would have paid staying with my previous provider. Of course it might be different for someone else based on what is available and TDU rates

I will probably wait a few months and give it a try. I use closer to 800-1000kw in the summer so it might make more sense then.

Got my first bill since moving to EO, $37ish for 560kwh.