Choose the perfect smart plan for your home
Discover the perfect Home Electric+ smart plan tailored to your lifestyle. Unlock great value and access personalised Smart Insights with a plan designed to help save you money and energy.
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Smart 24 hour plan
Our most popular plan to start your smart meter journey.
Smart 24 hour plan
Our 24‑hour plan gives you a single flat rate all day and night, just like a standard meter, so you don’t need to plan your electricity use around peak times. It’s ideal if you’re home during the day and includes personalised energy insights to help you stay in control
Smart Night Boost Plan
Includes a super low Night Boost rate from 2am-4am.
Smart night boost plan
Save more every night with ultra‑low 2–4am night boost rates. Rates are divided into three time bands: Day: 8am to 11pm, Night: 11pm to 8am, Night Boost: 2am to 4am. Perfect for EV drivers who charge at night and homes with a heat pump. Also includes personalised electricity insights.
Claire, Kildare
“This plan is perfect for me and my family because it has cheaper rates at night. I can charge my car then, without worrying about the cost.”
Smart Weekender Plan
Get unlimited free electricity between 8am and 11pm on either Sat or Sun.
Smart Weekender Plan
Free electricity from 8am–11pm on your chosen weekend day (Saturday or Sunday), plus a simple flat rate for all other days and times. Ideal if you want to batch chores on one free day without worrying about peak pricing.
Noeleen, Dublin
“I chose a Sunday for my free electricity because it’s my free day. I use Sundays to prep for the week ahead, I do all my housework, batch cooking and use all my big appliances for free!”
Smart SST (Standard Smart Tariff) Plan
Reduce energy during peak hours and take advantage of cheaper night time rates.
Smart SST (Standard smart tariff)
Suited for customers who want to save by using less energy during peak hours. Cheaper night rates and three time bands:
Day: 8am–11pm, Peak: 5pm–7pm, Night: 11pm–8am.
Interested in a dynamic price plan?
Dynamic electricity pricing is now in the Irish electricity market, here is all you need to know.
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Mark, Louth
“Since moving to this plan, we are more conscious of how we use electricity. By making small changes, we have reduced our bills and also help the environment.”
Interested in a prepay option?
We also offer a prepay option with Home Electric+ price plans. You can choose to pre-pay on selected Home Electric+ smart price plans.
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Take control with smart meter insights
Smart meter insights
All Home Electric+ smart plans come with personalised electricity insights designed to help you take control of your energy usage and maximise your savings. With detailed usage data, bill projections and appliance breakdown you can make informed decisions to optimise your electricity consumption and reduce costs.
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Frequently asked questions
Yes, you need to have a smart meter installed to sign up for a smart meter plan.
Yes, you can change from a standard plan to a smart meter plan through your online account. If you wish to switch to a different smart meter plan after that, you will need to contact our Customer Care Team on 1800 372 372 who can arrange.
If you’d like a monthly billing option, you’ll need to be registered for Online Billing first. Once you’re set up, you can choose the plan that suits you best.
For existing customers, you can sign up through your online account.
For new customers, you can sign up on our smart tariff page.
Smart meter customers on Home Electric+ price plans need an online account to access your personalised smart insights. Signing up is easy.
Click here to create an online account today. You’ll need your account number and last 6 digits of your MPRN number (right-hand side of your bill).
Your smart meter will feed your usage data to our insights tool. We require your consent to share your half hourly data with us, in order for us to provide you with the most relevant and up-to-date insights.
A time-of-use price plan charges different prices for electricity usage depending on the time of day. Typically, these price plans charge cheaper rates when electricity demand is at its lowest (e.g. night-time 11pm – 8am) and higher rates at peak times (e.g. weekdays 5-7pm) when demand is at its highest.
For example, customers can choose to use cheaper, greener electricity at night when demand is lower. If you are unable to change when you use electricity, time-of-use may not suit you.
Yes, you will need a smart meter to avail of a time-of-use plan.
You should only choose a time-of-use plan if you can change your behaviour to make to most of a time-of-use plan. For example, if you can move all your laundry to a Saturday when you get free electricity from 8 am to 11pm then Home Electric + weekender could save you money. If you are unable to change when you use electricity, TOU may not suit you.
When you switch to an Electric Ireland Home Electric+ plan, you'll start receiving personalised energy insights designed to help you save money and reduce your carbon footprint.
- Within 2-3 days of your cooling-off period ending, you'll be able to view your electricity usage history and tailored energy-saving tips in your Electric Ireland online account.
- Within the first 2 weeks, you'll start seeing a projected estimate of your next bill.
- After 4 months, additional insights will become available, including appliance-level usage breakdowns and comparisons with similar homes.
You'll also receive regular emails with helpful updates, tips and insights to help you stay on top of your energy use and costs.
When you sign up to a Home Electric+ product and agree to share your half hourly data your smart meter will automatically store 48 reads per day, due to the high volume of reads each individual read cannot be shown on your bill and because of this ESB Networks will only send your energy provider an amalgamated consumption data read, which is then reflected on your bill.
Consumption data is the usage data collected by your smart meter (measured in KWh) which enables more accurate energy reading and bills. Moving from a standard meter to a Home Electric+ product enables this information to become available to you. Your electricity flow is measured in half hourly intervals and is then sent to your energy provider, essentially removing the need for regular standard manual meter reads.
As well as your consumption data being visible on your bill, you can also download your full consumption data (up to a maximum of 2 years) via your online account. To do this just log in and select ‘view your account’, then select the ‘Details’ tab on the home page, scroll down and select ‘Download your smart data’. This can be downloaded in a software friendly format including free options such as: online excel, google sheets, or if a desktop app is required, try open office for example.
Yes, Home Electric+ smart meter plans provide personalised energy insights to help you better understand and manage your electricity use.
Over time, you'll gain access to advanced features such as appliance-level breakdowns, showing where and when you're using the most electricity. These insights can help you identify opportunities to reduce energy use, lower your bills, and reduce your carbon footprint.
12% saving based on comparable data set of 11K customers that had 12 months consumption (pre smart meter 24hour plan) and with 24hour smart meter plan, over a 2 year comparison period from 2021 to 2022. Customers in year 1 had an average electricity consumption of 4,635 kWh which reduced to average of 4,065 kWh in year 2, which equates to a 12.3% reduction in electricity year-on-year.