Energia

New York-based I Squared Capital bought group in 2016

Project is in line with Government’s Climate Action Plan, An Bord Pleanála rules after objections from An Taisce and environmentalists

Earnings before tax fell to €238m in nine months to end of December from €247m

Irish electricity prices are the highest in the EU but there are steps you can take to pay as little as possible

Connective Energy Holdings Ltd brought Commercial Court proceedings against Energia Group ROI Holdings DAC

Group said the swing back to profit reflected the ‘normalisation of commodity and wholesale prices’

Energia Renewables boss warns of five-year delay in building Tonn Nua development off Waterford coast

Cases were brought by Energia Group Holdings and a number of its subsidiaries, along with GR Wind Farms and its subsidiaries, against the Commission for Regulation of Utilities

Ebitda declined 6.3% to €79.5m in three months to end of September, following increases

Green investment also promises lower energy bills and the chance to sell any surplus power back to the grid

US investment firm I Squared Capital hired investment bankers to prepare the company for sale

Energy transition `represents a huge opportunity for us’, claims Energia boss

Earnings rose to €375m for the financial year to the end of March from €267m for the previous 12 months

I Squared Capital seeking to offload Irish utility eight years after purchase

Group could fetch as much as €2.75bn if possible sale takes place

Second cut in six months follows period of sustained increases and reflect significant fall in the price of energy on wholesale markets

Contract to build temporary generator boosts Energia subsidiary profits

Electric Ireland has made a further price cut, with other providers expected to follow suit. But the market is volatile and prices are still high compared to 2021

Almost all households will see cuts of between 10 and 30 per cent over coming days as suppliers start competing for business

Risk of amber warnings ‘most likely during the coming winter peak hours and at times of low wind and low interconnector imports’, says EirGrid

Move will save dual fuel customers an average of €435 annually, according to company

Price decreases of between 10 and 20% announced this month not enough, Varadkar says

Move will save domestic duel fuel customers in excess of €400 over 12 months

Company says it plans to reduce home energy prices from October in move that could see households save hundreds of euro

Projects will have the potential to deliver up to 1.8 GW of new capacity by 2030 if they go ahead

Suppliers tied to expensive hedging deals struck during crisis

Complaints about companies’s advertisements have been upheld by Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland

URC: Leinster increase Aviva capacity to 27,000 in anticipation of an epic semi-final showdown with Munster

Consumers and businesses wearying of arguments around hedging and losses incurred on residential business six months after prices start to fall

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Details of Ireland’s largest language festival released

Firm benefitted from jump in gas prices last year

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Connective wants the court to determine the meaning of a share purchase agreement entered into in May 2018

CRU analysis says customer could have saved average of €581 a year by opting for best electricity rate, and €316 a year on gas

Suppliers not ruling out further increases as longer-term price outlook shows gas will cost them even more in winter 2023

ESB subsidiary gained most customers from June’s record switching as two of the big four suppliers suffer net loss of customers

EU-approved system allows companies to count power generated and used outside Ireland in disclosures to customers

Imported green certs account for high proportion of renewable fuel

Consumer stories of anger and frustration, plus a rare letter of praise

Reader: ‘These price rises are completely unjustifiable and quite disgraceful’