Grants for home insulation have also peaked, with applications having more than tripled since last year

The head of the European Union’s executive branch and Germany’s chancellor have pledged a reform of the continent’s electricity market to help bring down power prices that have been pushed higher by skyrocketing gas prices.

"The Taoiseach should not have been surprised at this situation," said former head of ESB international Don Moore

Commission for Regulation of Utilities says significant risks to electricity supply means it must 'act quickly' with changes to tariffs from October 1

As pressure builds on all countries, including Ireland, we survey the measures being taken by some of our European neighbours

Ireland will purchase temporary electricity generators for the 2023/24 winter season as older power plants are decommissioned.

Elected officials pleaded with the company to run the cable alongside the N25 instead of through residential areas in Churchtown

Deployment of battery storage is required to provide a rapid response to power changes on the national grid

Most sea-based wind farms are in shallow water close to shore but, with improving technology, it will be possible to locate such farms in deeper water

The issue was raised in the Dáil by TD Denis Naughten, who criticised suppliers for allowing estimated bills to roll over for extended periods 

Councillors want power operator to revert to original plan and duct cables along main road from Youghal rather than through populated areas

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar says a 0% VAT rate is not possible but that a cut from 13.5% to 9% should help to ease the cost of living burden

Elimination of the levy will save billpayers around €58 a year.

Jen Keane turned on her dishwasher and went out to visit a friend, returning home to utter devastation after the appliance caught fire, destroying her home. But it could have been so much worse...

With electricity demand projected to increase by between 19% and 50% by 2030, the roll out of renewables cannot come quick enough

Social Democrat co-leader Róisín Shortall said:"While families are struggling to heat their homes, the ESB...made bumper profits of €680 million last year."

When excluding Vat, the €200 comes to €176.22. The credit is to be €200 including Vat

The survey found that that ability to pay bills by 12% of electricity and 21% of gas customers was negatively impacted by the pandemic

SSE raised its prices in the UK last year and introduced three separate price increases in Ireland on the back of rising wholesale energy costs

Travel-related shares fare better on hopes that restrictions will be short-lived, but EDF's discovery has sent gas prices soaring

A €100 credit for every home in the country to help reduce the impact of electricity bills will be signed off by Government on Tuesday.

Elliott has long been seeking big changes at SSE and has significant clout in being the fifth largest investor at the London-listed firm

Plummeting temperatures and soaring oil and gas prices create a scramble for energy across the continent

Eirgrid chief says the sector has 'signed up' to help ensure Ireland does not suffer power shortages this winter

Sinn Féin has launched a new survey which shows 76% of people are concerned about rising costs of living

The ECB has said that inflation across the eurozone will be transitory and will not trigger a rise in its official interest rates

The energy utility wants to spend an extra £12.5bn on net-zero infrastructure over the next five years

Six of the system alerts were due to a reduced margin between the level of electricity generation and demand

Naturgy provides large energy user corporate customers with renewable electricity, natural gas, biogas and energy services

The energy supplier is the latest to raise prices, with more than 30 price hike announcements from Irish energy suppliers since the start of the year

They instead called for more measures to save energy

ESB Networks said the interference with the meter "would have been carried out by a skilled person"

The move is in addition to similar projects already announced for Cork and Dublin.

St Vincent DePaul said it fears the impact of price increases on households in energy poverty, many of whom will have less financial resilience after the pandemic

Natural gas supplies across Europe are lower than they should be after Russia "turned down the tap in the flow of gas"

Elliott Investment Management also recently disclosed a 5% interest in UK specialty pharmaceutical firm Clinigen Group.

Briefing note prepared for IDA said recent concerns over so-called amber power alerts for electricity shortages had led to a number of 'significant public interventions'

The defence barrister told the court: “There is a large amount of compensation to be paid back to the ESB."

An EirGrid spokesperson said that the additional plan would have been difficult to achieve, but the reopening of the two plants made emergency generation less necessary

Dublin and Cork power plants are to be brought back onstream as data centres blamed for peak demand on Ireland's energy grid

However, the savings enjoyed by many energy customers will be offset by recent increases to electricity prices announced by energy providers.

Customers experiencing difficulty paying their bills urged to engage with their supplier as soon as possible

The Government has set an ambitious target to provide 70% of our electricity from renewable energy by 2030, but it cannot be achieved with today’s electricity system.

Just 16% of electricity and gas customers swapped firms in 2019 and 2020, despite the potentially huge savings available to those who did