It depends on the region, but for years I could only choose between two electricity plans: base fee+pay per kWh or day/night depending kWh plan. Kakaku didn’t show any cheaper results for so long, but now Rakuten denki caught my attention and I saw that even on Kakaku I newly have several options to choose from.
Do you often change electricity plans? How is your experience, easy like MNP’ing your mobile number or troublesome?
I’m asking because Rakuten denki comes with no base fee, only ¥36.1/kWh. This makes it very attractive for April-December when I need only a small amount of hot water and AC during daytime mostly, but during winter I need either many very cheap kWh during night hours (for Ecocute heat pump alone 8-10 kWh/day) or at least cheaper than ¥36.1 and that are mainly plans with base fee, eg. ¥17 for the first 120 kWh each month, then ¥21 with a base fee of around ¥1500.
So my question is, can I subscribe to Rakuten denki only for the warmer months and regularly change in late fall to a plan that better suits my winter usage pattern? (Rakuten denki also gives 6000p=Â¥ and 0.5% points cashback for the electricity bill and all online shopping.)
For those who don’t know, you can enter your monthly consumed kWh from the last 12 months on Kakaku.com -> 電気 and it gives you a ranking of plans that suit your usage pattern. So changing in particular is simple, I just want to change every couple of months and not be tied to long-term contracts or lengthy contract switching procedures.
by taiyokohatsuden