Electricity providers opposed extending disconnection moratorium

The Electricity Association of Ireland also warned there were risks attached to extending the moratorium with “debt build-up that could otherwise be avoided”

In correspondence with the energy regulator, several power companies said threats of disconnection were the only ways in which some indebted customers ever dealt with them.

Electricity companies said extending the winter moratorium on cutting off people’s power supply would lead to increased debts for customers and store up even bigger problems for next year.

In correspondence with the energy regulator, several power companies said threats of disconnection were the only ways in which some indebted customers ever dealt with them.