Electric Ireland

Cheaper energy bills on the horizon if current trends continue, says ESB finance chief

State-owned utility reports record half-year operating profit of €676m for the six months to the end of June

PrepayPower announces energy price cuts of up to 13.5%

Move will save dual fuel customers an average of €435 annually, according to company

Taoiseach meeting energy firms as further gas and electricity price cuts sought

Price decreases of between 10 and 20% announced this month not enough, Varadkar says

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‘It is very 1950s, isn’t it?’ Judge told of warring couple’s agreement over immersion switch

Relations between man and woman have broken down but neither has money to move out, Family Law Court told

Taoiseach calls for further energy price reductions as Electric Ireland cuts rates

Move will save domestic duel fuel customers in excess of €400 over 12 months

Household bills will take time to reflect lower wholesale prices, energy companies say

Electric Ireland, Bord Gáis and SSE cite hedging for price cut delay as survey says Dublin consumers pay nearly twice EU average for power

Greenhouse gas emissions in Ireland rose 5% in 2021, figures show

CSO report follows a Eurostat publication showing Ireland increased its greenhouse gas emissions more than any other EU country in the first three months of this year

Utilities regulator flags ‘backlog’ of complaints amid deluge of customer contacts

Consumers report ‘significant difficulties’ with contacting their supplier

Eoin Burke-Kennedy: How the ESB protected UK customers from higher energy prices but not Irish ones

Despite wanting to limit price increases on consumers here, the former State monopoly was prevented from doing so by EU competition law

Electric Ireland is cheapest supplier of energy to Irish market, says regulator

CRU estimates that SSE gas customers get best standard-rate deals while Flogas offers biggest discounts

Almost 1,000 homes feeding electricity to national grid not getting paid

Some solar-powered homes are still on waiting list for smart meters

Energy prices to remain high into 2024 despite wholesale falls

Suppliers tied to expensive hedging deals struck during crisis

ESB to press ahead with offshore wind project despite failure to win electricity supply contract

Unsuccessful bidders say they intend proceeding with offshore power projects

Irish energy prices remain high as European rates fall

Consumers suffer double whammy as prices rose faster here than in other euro zone states and are now not falling in line with those countries

Irish wholesale electricity prices continue to fall

Gas likely to continue slipping on European markets

Electricity suppliers tight-lipped on potential cuts to bills despite falling prices

Gas stocks at record high as March ended with further shipments likely this week

Complaints about energy companies almost doubled in 2022

In one case study, an unidentified company debited €2,274 from a customer’s bank account without prior authorisation

ESB profit more than doubles amid high wholesale electricity prices

State energy company will pay €327m dividend to Exchequer bringing total payments over the last decade to almost €1.5 billion

Here’s how to deal with those shocking energy bills

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