EDF v Sorégies.

[Ysatis]

   We are now exactly four weeks away from owning our house in France and putting some serious thought about the electricity.

   From what I see written in the C de V, and I think I've understood it correctly, the previous owners were supplied by Sorégies. I believe that if we wanted to use EDF instead, we can, as we will be new owners. Is this correct?

   At first, we thought we would continue with them as their tarrifs look quite good. We would only be interested with the 3kVA tarrif. But I have read (on a forum) that once you move away from EDF, you cannot return to them, is this still the case.

Does anybody know what the pro's and con's are of either supplier, please.

Regards,

  

 

[Clair]

As things stand, you can opt for EDF's regulated tariffs when you move.

You can check the current prices here: http://www.edf-bleuciel.fr/accueil/j-ai-besoin-d-energies/electricite/les-tarifs-electricite-141626.html

Apart from their regulated tariff, EDF also offer non-regulated tariffs in competition with other energy providers.

You can check their unregulated offer here: http://www.edf-bleuciel.fr/accueil/j-ai-besoin-d-energies/electricite/les-prix-de-mon-contrat-electricite-141627.html

List of energy suppliers : http://www.kelwatt.fr/tableau-comparatif.php

Price comparator: http://www.kelwatt.fr/comparatif-fournisseur-electricite.php

[Ysatis]

Thank-you Clair for the links, very useful.

 

Could I be so bold and ask forum members who they are with and why.

 

Regards,

[Benjamin]

E D F

Inertia or better thr Devil you know.

[Ysatis]

Thank-you Benjamin,

 

 

[Sunday Driver]

Sorégies.

The previous owner was with them, and he'd phoned through my details and the meter readings to them, price wasn't an issue, so I didn't see any reason to change.

They sent me a prelevement schedule which turned out to be overestimated, so I ran off a spreadsheet of my projected consumption and took it into the office.  They immediately amended the prelevement to my own figures - which have since turned out to be uncannily accurate...[:)]

 

[Bluebell]

Ysatis, it was only in March that electricity was deregulated and all these different companies started to vie for business.  I too have heard that you can't go back to EDF once you've changed, and also that once these new companies have got a few customers their prices will go up.  I'd take my lead from the French, only a very small proportion have changed from EDF.

When you ring to arrange the EDF supply they will ask you what appliances, heating etc you have and will advise you about the best tariff.

[Clair]

[quote user="Bluebell"]it was only in March that electricity was deregulated and all these different companies started to vie for business.[/quote]

The energy market for private customers was opened on 1st July 2007.

[quote user="Bluebell"]I too have heard that you can't go back to EDF once you've changed[/quote]

This is no longer the case. See my post at the bottom of page 2 on this thread for details.

[quote user="Bluebell"]and also that once these new companies have got a few customers their prices will go up [/quote]

As above.

[quote user="Bluebell"]I'd take my lead from the French, only a very small proportion have changed from EDF.[/quote]

The OP is not with EDF.

[Ysatis]

Thanks all,

   This has crossed my mind while trying to come to a decision, why the majority stay with EDF. Better the devil you know as some have said I think could be true. Staying with the previous owners choice I'm warming to. Not sure why, maybe because they were elderly rural people who were thrifty, so maybe their research led them to Sorégies, taking advantage of an appealing tarrif.

I'll shall keep muling it over for a few more days.

Regards,

 

 

[BJSLIV]

Bear in mind that the original poster is in effect still on an EdF national tariff. They live in an area where the nationalised supplier was Soregie not EdF. They are a local company that still applied the uniform national rates determined by the Government, they are not one of the new competitors. The vendors have maintained  the status quo.

[Ysatis]

Thanks BJSLIV,

 

 

[Quillan]

I know about EDF but not the other company mentioned.

I currently pay 129 Euros per month which quite frankly will not be enough because my last set of 12 month bills form EDF work out at about 211 Euros per month (2,532 Euros a year) so when I have to 'balance' the account which I assume is at the end of the year (this is my first year on this pay monthly thing) I will have about 980 Euros to find.

Thanks to Clairs website offerings I have done some comparisons and the one that comes out best thinks its saving me 240 odd Euros a year and says my annual bill will be 3,670 odd Euros which is about 306 Euros a month. So if this is the cheapest compared against the calculation they have made for EDF which is way out (they say I spend 326 Euros a month, thats 3,917 a year when I actually pay about 1,400 less) I am much better off staying with EDF, in fact I am an average of 95 Euros a month better off or 1140 Euros a year better off, now that's quite a bit of money.

If anyone is trying to work it out I have a 36kva supply and I burn 23,657 units of electricity in 12 months. Don't forget I run a B&B so I expect that I will burn more than a normal house.

I think the website Claire gave is not calculating correctly for some reason.

[woody234]

we in deux sevres were with edf i think then a couple of years ago my bills started coming from soregies, so there must have been a takover somewhere along the line, but the edf place is still in bressuire