Bord na Móna plots speedy entry as new power retailer

Utility is expected to pitch itself as a supplier of clean energy to business customers                 

The Bord Na Móna Edenderry power station in Co Offaly. File picture

Bord na Móna plans to launch a new utility selling energy to business customers for the first time, a move which brings it into direct competition with Electric Ireland, owned by rival State firm ESB, the Irish Examiner has learned.

Full details of the new venture are scant but the plans are revealed in a tender document that Bord na Móna issued late last week.