How will we keep the lights on?

World industries’demand for power is returning to pre-pandemic levels, while human activity has likewise kicked back into high gear, which is resulting in big price increases for consumers, and a big headache for Government

How high or low your gas bill will be depends on the price of the resource on the international markets. 

There are a couple of news strands, opposite sides of the same coin, which have been slowly bubbling up to the surface of the Irish public’s collective consciousness in recent weeks. Probably because they combine two things dear to the population’s hearts — domestic bills and the economy.

Yesterday, families were hit with forking out €9 extra a-month as Electric Ireland increased prices and last week Bord Gáis raised its gas and electricity bills — by 12% and 10% respectively come October 24, which will translate into an increase of €8 and €10 per month per bill.