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# electricity - Last month November 2022

Celtic Interconnector with France will promote clean energy and lower prices, says Taoiseach

# Electricity

Celtic Interconnector with France will promote clean energy and lower prices, says Taoiseach

Updated Nov 25th 2022, 10:59 AM 24,552 Views 50 Comments

The underwater cable connecting east Cork to Brittany will have the capacity to power 450,000 households.

# Ukraine

Ukraine receives more air defence systems, as officials say electricity situtation is 'tense'

Updated Nov 7th 2022, 6:11 PM 10,425 Views 0 Comments

Attacks by Moscow’s forces have destroyed around 40% of Ukraine’s power stations.

# electricity - October October 2022

First of three €200 electricity credits to appear on bills from tomorrow

# Department Of Environment

First of three €200 electricity credits to appear on bills from tomorrow

Oct 31st 2022, 7:00 AM 24,186 Views 23 Comments

The credit line will appear on bills from the start of November and into December

As winter approaches, not all energy bill 'hardship funds' are created equal

# Energy Crisis

As winter approaches, not all energy bill 'hardship funds' are created equal

Oct 27th 2022, 6:00 AM 13,910 Views 4 Comments

The Journal asked a number of energy companies if like Electric Ireland, they too had set up hardship funds for customers in need.

$Analysis: Energy insecurity and our fracking future$

# Morning Memo

Analysis: Energy insecurity and our fracking future

Oct 26th 2022, 12:09 PM 7,168 Views 10 Comments

The Irish Academy of Engineering has said the government’s report on Ireland’s energy security is “seriously flawed”.

# Data Centres

Paschal Donohoe says data centres could not be excluded from energy scheme

Oct 20th 2022, 7:21 PM 17,048 Views 20 Comments

The Finance Minister rounded on people who “want to chase data centres out of Ireland”.

1,000 disconnections in first half of this year as minister promises action plan in weeks

# Energy

1,000 disconnections in first half of this year as minister promises action plan in weeks

Oct 20th 2022, 1:28 PM 10,499 Views 9 Comments

Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty says 450,000 PAYG customers are being abandoned by Government.

Govt will not oppose SF motion on protections for PAYG customers and banning of disconnections

# Electricity

Govt will not oppose SF motion on protections for PAYG customers and banning of disconnections

Oct 18th 2022, 7:14 PM 9,308 Views 9 Comments

Minister Eamon Ryan is understood to be working on a new action plan.

‘No reason’ why anyone in financial hardship should lose power this winter, McGrath says

# Energy Costs

‘No reason’ why anyone in financial hardship should lose power this winter, McGrath says

Oct 12th 2022, 7:42 PM 12,438 Views 62 Comments

Minister Michael McGrath told the Dáil ‘sufficient supports’ are in place to protect people.

Bríd Smith: Expansion of data centres is not going to help our serious energy woes

# IRELAND'S ENERGY

Bríd Smith: Expansion of data centres is not going to help our serious energy woes

Updated Oct 6th 2022, 11:50 PM 13,534 Views 31 Comments

The People Before Profit TD says our fondness for data centres is driven by misplaced servility to the whims of corporates.

Minister meeting energy companies to discuss protections for PAYG and vulnerable customers

# Energy Bills

Minister meeting energy companies to discuss protections for PAYG and vulnerable customers

Updated Oct 6th 2022, 2:39 PM 6,669 Views 9 Comments

The minister is also discussing customers supports and charges with the service providers.

# Inflation

Consumer price inflation forecasts revised upwards to 8% by the Central Bank

Oct 5th 2022, 12:05 AM 11,885 Views 9 Comments

The Central Bank has published its latest quarterly bulletin today.
The Bank says energy-driven inflation is the key issue being faced currently.
The outlook for domestic growth over the coming quarters is "more challenging than was previously expected", it says.

Cabinet signs off on plan for three €200 energy credits

# Budget 2023

Cabinet signs off on plan for three €200 energy credits

Oct 4th 2022, 7:00 PM 14,542 Views 17 Comments

The credits are due to be paid in November, January and March.

125,000 Electric Ireland customers in arrears as company told €3m hardship fund is 'pittance'

# Energy Bills

125,000 Electric Ireland customers in arrears as company told €3m hardship fund is 'pittance'

Oct 4th 2022, 1:54 PM 23,164 Views 18 Comments

The company’s hardship fund, which is there to aid customers struggling to pay bills, will be reviewed into the winter.

# electricity - September September 2022

Tánaiste says pay-as-you-go utility users will not be included in winter cut-off moratorium

# Mick Barry

Tánaiste says pay-as-you-go utility users will not be included in winter cut-off moratorium

Sep 29th 2022, 7:43 PM 54,536 Views 37 Comments

‘A moratorium on disconnection for electricity this winter needs to be a moratorium for everybody,’ Mick Barry told the Journal.

# Budget 2023

Budget 2023: What measures have already kicked in?

Sep 28th 2022, 12:05 AM 30,570 Views 22 Comments

Some measures included in the €11 billion budget have already been enacted.

All households to receive energy credits worth a total of €600

# Energy Crisis

All households to receive energy credits worth a total of €600

Sep 27th 2022, 1:59 PM 15,533 Views 9 Comments

The first credit, worth €200, will be applied to bills in November.

'It shouldn't have been a surprise': How policy choices brought Ireland's energy to the brink

# Sowed And Reaped

'It shouldn't have been a surprise': How policy choices brought Ireland's energy to the brink

Sep 12th 2022, 12:05 AM 30,959 Views 42 Comments

Experts explain how decisions made in years gone by have led us to our current position of facing down a bleak winter, even without the war in Ukraine.

Customers likely to receive energy credits before Christmas and in the new year, suggests Varadkar

# Fine Gael Think-In

Customers likely to receive energy credits before Christmas and in the new year, suggests Varadkar

Sep 9th 2022, 10:58 AM 24,250 Views 34 Comments

Varadkar said he wouldn’t want people in December worrying about the January bill.

Public sector buildings to turn off heat 1-2 hours before closing time

# Public Bodies

Public sector buildings to turn off heat 1-2 hours before closing time

Sep 7th 2022, 7:34 PM 33,746 Views 40 Comments

Public sector bodies will be required to set temperatures to the guideline of 19 degrees where appropriate.

# Electricity

Customers to receive electricity credit before Christmas, says minister

Updated Sep 7th 2022, 4:47 PM 62,075 Views 88 Comments

Householders will receive an increased energy credit before the end of the year.
Cabinet has approved a renewed public advice campaign on energy consumption.
The EU has proposed to cap the huge revenues earned power companies.

Bord Gáis says average electricity bill to increase by 34%, gas to go up by 39%

# Price Hike

Bord Gáis says average electricity bill to increase by 34%, gas to go up by 39%

Updated Sep 2nd 2022, 4:15 PM 51,760 Views 141 Comments

The average residential electricity bill will rise by €48.25 per month* and the average residential gas bill will rise by €43.80 per month*.

# electricity - August August 2022

Publicans warn of 'huge threat' due to 'doubling and tripling' of energy bills

# High Costs

Publicans warn of 'huge threat' due to 'doubling and tripling' of energy bills

Updated Aug 30th 2022, 2:29 PM 28,857 Views 43 Comments

Publicans in Ireland are worried as their UK counterparts warn of possible closures.

'Absurd and frightening': How high could 'skyrocketing' energy prices go this winter?

# Bills Bills Bills

'Absurd and frightening': How high could 'skyrocketing' energy prices go this winter?

Aug 29th 2022, 11:30 PM 52,546 Views 58 Comments

Experts agree that the energy price crisis is likely to get worse in the coming months and year ahead.
The UK's energy price cap nearly doubled last week and is an indicator of what consumers in Ireland are facing.
In the short-term, governments must intervene but in the long-term it's about renewable energy.