Electric shock: Pensioner sees bill soar from €123 to €3,385 as meter is unread for two years

Electric shock: Pensioner sees bill soar from €123 to €3,385 as meter is unread for two years

A pensioner received an 'astronomical' electricity bill because her meter had not been read in two years.

Electricity suppliers have been criticised in the Dáil after a pensioner received an 'astronomical' bill because her meter had not been read in two years.

Denis Naughten raised the issue of suppliers allowing estimated bills to continually roll over only to result in big bills being landed on the consumer.

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