It’s About Energy: Know When Your Electricity Is Cheap

The Dynamic Contract Dilemma

You switched to a dynamic electricity contract. Good move – they promised savings. But here’s the thing: when you use electricity now matters as much as how much you use.

Electricity at 3 AM might cost €0.08/kWh. At 6 PM? €0.35/kWh. Same appliance, same usage, 4x the price.

But do you know what electricity costs right now? Do you know when to run your dishwasher? Charge your EV? Heat your water?

You’re flying blind. And it’s costing you.

The €300+ Problem

Belgian households with dynamic contracts who don’t optimize their usage leave an average of €300-500 per year on the table.

Why?

  • Running appliances during peak hours (6-9 AM, 5-9 PM)
  • Not knowing when prices drop
  • Missing negative price windows (yes, they sometimes pay YOU to use electricity)
  • Guessing instead of knowing

The whole point of a dynamic contract is to save money by shifting usage to cheap hours.

If you’re not doing that, you’re paying dynamic complexity for fixed-contract results.

How We Glued It Together

It’s About Energy shows you exactly what electricity costs – right now, today, and tomorrow – so you can make smart decisions about when to consume.

Real-Time BELPEX Prices: Live quarter-hourly Belgian electricity spot prices. See what you’re paying this very minute.

Your True Cost Calculator: The spot price is just part of your bill. We add network costs (Fluvius tariffs), levies, contributions, and VAT to show your actual cost per kWh. Because €0.10/MWh exchange price doesn’t mean €0.10 on your bill.

Price Alerts: Set thresholds. Get notified when prices drop below your target. Never miss a cheap window again.

Smart Planning: Visual timeline of today’s and tomorrow’s prices. Instantly see the best hours to run heavy appliances.

Hands loading a dishwasher in a Belgian kitchen late at night, only the under-cabinet light on The same load, at a different hour, is a different amount of money.

The Good Stuff

Real-Time Price Dashboard

Live BELPEX spot prices, updated every 15 minutes, with the current price and whether it is rising or falling. Today’s minimum, average and maximum sit next to it, and a 30-day analysis puts the moment you are looking at into historical context.

Your Actual Cost

Enter your contract details once, and we calculate your true cost per kWh: the energy price and your supplier’s markup, the network tariffs for your region, the levies and contributions, and VAT on top of all of it.

Levies andcontributionsNetwork tariffs (yourregion)Supplier markupBELPEX spot pricethe only part mostpeople seeVAT 21% on all of itYour true cost perkWh
What sits between the exchange price and the number on your bill.

Because knowing the exchange price is useless if you don’t know what it means for YOUR bill.

Price Charts That Help

Hour by hour, as a bar chart or a line, with cheap hours in green, average in yellow and expensive in red. Past, present and future sit on the same timeline, and tomorrow’s prices join it once they are published after 2 PM.

Smart Alerts

Set a threshold – “alert me below €0.15/kWh” – and get told by push notification, email or SMS when it is met. Peak price warnings work the same way, as do negative price alerts, for the hours when you get paid to consume.

Consumption Planning

  • Best hours to run dishwasher
  • Optimal EV charging windows
  • Heat pump optimization
  • Battery charging schedules
  • Weekly consumption calendar

30-Day Analysis

Where today’s price sits in the last 30 days, how it compares to that month’s average, which way the trend is going, and where the savings are hiding.

Who This Unsticks

Households with Dynamic Contracts

You made the smart choice to go dynamic. Now make it pay off. Knowing exactly when to use power means avoiding the expensive peak hours and catching the cheap and negative windows, which is how you actually save the money you were promised.

EV Owners

Charging your EV is the biggest single electricity use in most homes, so getting it right matters most here. Charge when electricity is cheapest, schedule it for the overnight lows, and stop paying peak prices for it – worth €200-400 a year on charging costs alone.

Home Battery Owners

Your battery only saves money if you charge it smart: fill it during the price troughs, discharge during the peaks, take the arbitrage where it exists, and keep track of what you actually saved.

Solar Panel Owners

Understanding prices helps you maximise self-consumption. When grid prices are high, your own solar is worth keeping; when they are low, exporting is worth less. That tells you how to work the battery around production, and when to schedule the heavy jobs for the sunny hours.

The Numbers That Matter

  • Real-time data – prices updated every 15 minutes
  • 18% average savings reported by active users
  • 500+ Belgian users tracking prices daily
  • Free basic access – no credit card required
  • Your network area – specific tariffs for your region

A Belgian meter cupboard open under the stairs, someone crouching with a phone torch to read the digital meter, cables and fuse box around it The meter counts kilowatt-hours. It has never had an opinion about what they cost.

How It Works (The Real Story)

Step 1: Check the Price

Open the app. See what electricity costs right now. Takes 2 seconds.

Step 2: Set Up Your Profile (Optional)

Enter your supplier, contract type, and network area. Now you see your true cost per kWh, not just the exchange price.

Step 3: Set Alerts

Define your price thresholds. Get notified automatically when prices hit your targets.

Step 4: Plan Your Usage

Check tomorrow’s prices (available after 2 PM). Schedule your heavy appliances for the cheap hours.

Step 5: Save Money

That’s it. Use electricity when it’s cheap. Avoid it when it’s expensive. Watch your bills shrink.

Real Talk: Why Does This Matter?

Belgium has some of the highest electricity prices in Europe. With a dynamic contract, you have a tool to fight back – but only if you know the prices.

We built It’s About Energy because checking BELPEX directly is confusing, and even then it is only the exchange price. Working out your real cost means knowing network tariffs, levies and VAT on top of it. Nobody was showing Belgians their actual electricity cost per moment, and price alerts for Belgian consumers simply did not exist.

It’s About Energy fills that gap. Simple, local, useful.

Security & Privacy

  • No personal data required: Use the basic features without signing up
  • GDPR compliant: Built in Belgium for Belgians
  • No selling data: We don’t monetize your information
  • Minimal collection: Only what’s needed to show you prices
  • Transparent operation: You know exactly what we do

Pricing That Makes Sense

Free

  • €0/month
  • Live BELPEX prices
  • Today’s price chart
  • Basic price history
  • Web access

Plus

  • €2.99/month (or €29.99/year)
  • Everything in Free
  • True cost calculator (your network area)
  • Price alerts (push, email, SMS)
  • Tomorrow’s prices notification
  • 30-day analysis
  • Mobile app

Family

  • €4.99/month (or €49.99/year)
  • Everything in Plus
  • Multiple network areas
  • Shared household access
  • EV charging optimizer
  • Export data
  • Priority support

Get Unstuck

Still guessing when to run your appliances? Still paying peak prices without knowing? Still wondering if your dynamic contract was worth it?

It’s about time you took control of your energy costs.

Visit itsaboutenergy.be and start tracking prices for free. No credit card. No complex setup. Just clarity on what your electricity actually costs, right now.

Every kWh counts. Make them all count at the right price.

It’s About Energy is built by glue.blue – we stick solutions to problems. This time we stuck transparency to Belgian energy pricing.

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