CEZ has started sending client plans with DPI advances, paying an average of CZK 1,700
Updates: 11/1/2021 15:00
Released: 11/1/2021, 3:00 p.m.
Prague – This week, ČEZ Prodej began sending down advances to clients who are in the mode of last resort (DPI) at ČEZ. The average amount of advances at the most common rates, such as D02, is 1,700 crowns per month. Customers switching from DPI to ČEZ Prodej fixed products can save up to CZK 400 per month on electricity for advances at the same rate, ČEZ spokesman Roman Gazdík informed ČTK.
Former clients of Bohemia Energy, which ceased operations in mid-October, as well as other smaller suppliers, entered the regime of suppliers of last resort. 900,000 customers ended up in the DPI mode.
CEZ is sending advances to clients in the DPI mode only now, postponing the maturity of the first advance to the end of November in order to relieve customers who still had to pay advances to their ending suppliers in October. Over 140,000 clients out of the total number of approximately 374,000 left CEZ from the regime of the supplier of last resort (DPI). Many customers chose regular ČEZ Prodej products, some of which went to other suppliers.
“For three weeks now, we have been acting as a supplier of last resort and supplying electricity to the end competitor. This week, we are starting to send advance payment schedules for customers in the DPI mode,” said CEZ CEO Daniel Beneš. It recommends that clients switch from DPI mode to standard products.
Advances, extensions of the amount are determined according to consumption from the last deduction, will be due during November. “Since many DPI customers were already paying their last advance to their original supplier in October, we didn’t want to charge a second payment in one month. CEO of ČEZ Sales Tomáš Kadlec.
CEZ recommends using the online form on the web to switch to standard price lists. In the form, all you have to do is enter your personal contact details and EAN, ie the 18-digit identification number of the consumption point, which the customer will find in the contract or on the original trader’s invoice, or in the letter of commencement of electricity supply to the supplier of last resort. Then the customer automatically switches to the standard price lists. The transition time is approximately 15 working days.
In the case of electricity supplies, the suppliers of last resort are currently, depending on the specific region, E.ON Energie (southern part of the Czech Republic), Pražská energetika (Prague and the surrounding area) and ČEZ Prodej (central and northern Czech Republic). For gas, E.ON Energie (South Bohemian Region), Pražská plynárenská (Prague and its immediate surroundings) and innogy Energie (rest of the Czech Republic).