Electricity bills to be reduced by just €6 after decade-long overcharging error

Between 2011 and 2021, domestic electricity customers were overcharged over €100m due to an error. Picture: Denis Minihane.

Domestic electricity customers will see a reduction of just €6 in their annual bill as planned tariff increases announced by the utilities regulator are to be offset with a refund for an overcharging error. 

The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) has announced that network charges for all customers over the next tariff year will increase by 12%. The tariff year begins at the start of October.