Households with pay-as-you-go gas meters will be able to top up online from next year

The current pay-as-you-go gas meters are coming to the end of their life and must be replaced, the CRU said.

The rollout of new pay-as-you-go gas meters that will allow households to top up online is set to begin next year, at a cost of €111m, the energy regulator has said.

The Commission for Regulation of Utilities said it would take about four years for the approximately 110,000 pay-as-you-go gas meters currently being used in homes around Ireland to be replaced with the new technology.