How Dobby’s grave rerouted a €500m Ireland-Wales power cable
How did a fictional character reroute Ireland’s energy infrastructure It is not every day that a fictional house elf redraws the plans for Ireland’s energy infrastructure. Yet that is exactly what happened during the building of the €500 million Greenlink interconnector, the subsea power cable linking Co Wexford to Wales. This happened when engineers were […]
2 weeks ago
Electricity arrears hit highest ever level in Ireland
Electricity arrears now affect 14% of customers The number of households in electricity arrears has risen to the highest level on record, according to the latest figures from the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU), as reported by RTÉ News. A total of 322,298 customers were in arrears on their electricity bills in April, a […]
3 weeks ago
Popular energy provider confirms price hike on electricity and gas
The move is estimated to affect around 180,000 electricity customers and 60,000 gas customers, while other energy providers are expected to follow suit in the coming weeks. Pay-as-you-go electricity and gas provider, PrepayPower, has announced it is raising its electricity and gas prices from 1 June. The company has cited the increase in wholesale energy […]
4 months ago
Minister warns of electricity price surge this summer
Consumers could see a huge increase Electricity prices could surge over the summer months, according to Energy Minister Darragh O’Brien. Speaking about the rising costs today, the Minister said as conflict in the Middle East continues, prices will jump by as much as 4-9% over the months of May, June and July. He told RTE, […]
4 months ago
Electricity blackouts in Ireland this winter cannot be “absolutely” ruled out
“It is going to be difficult but we will manage it.” Environment Minister Eamon Ryan has said he cannot “absolutely” rule out electricity blackouts in Ireland this winter. His comments come after a new report was published by state-owned electric power transmission operator EirGrid, which said Ireland could see electricity supply shortfalls over the next […]
5 years ago