Airtricity and Bord Gáis to hike prices for electricity
Bord Gáis spokeswoman Kathleen O’Sullivan said that gas prices will remain unaffected. “This levy only applies to electricity and not gas and is because there is a wish to support peat energy production and some renewable energies.”
Airtricity spokesman Brendan Murphy said that the company would not be exempt from the price rise. Although the provider has a larger proportion of its energy produced by renewable sources, Mr Murphy said a moratorium on wind turbine construction had slowed its ability to switch over more of its supply to greener sources.
