Energy Crisis

Eurostat figures show State is second only to Germany in high price of electricity

Eamon Ryan’s brief is too broad, says Industry group Fuels for Ireland in call for dedicated government department

Convenience and grocery store group call on Government to initiate ‘urgent review’ into the range of charges

Inflation now mostly concentrated in restaurants and hotels where prices were up 3.9% for the year

With this week’s budget, the Government is treating the symptoms rather than tackling the causes of high energy prices

Republic should have introduce new rules accelerating permitting last July

Dominic Coyle of The Irish Times and Beryl Power from PwC answered readers’ questions in our post-budget live blog which has now finished. You can read back on all the questions and answers below

Energy is yet another area where the poor pay more, not just in monetary terms, but in health outcomes and quality of life

Budget 2025: Energy credits will be worth less than the three payments of €150 rolled out in last year’s budget.

Companies concerned that customers can no longer afford further price rises, putting further pressure on margins

People will likely be paying at least €1,000 more between now and next September for energy than they did in 2021

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

Property Clinic: While apartments were historically considered more energy efficient than individual houses, many older units are now in need of an upgrade

Delaying switching it on until you really need it will be kinder to your pocket and the planet

Strategic Power Projects lodges redesigned plan for battery storage system

Regulator raises network charges to fund €1.4bn maintenance and investment of grid and power distribution systems

Planning consultancy says problems due to State failures rather than inherent issues with ‘whipping boy’ data centres

Government is planning another round of once-off household supports while struggling to keep permanent spending under control

Households are spending a lower proportion of their total expenditure on housing costs, including rents

Vermilion says tax brought in to address spike in energy profits after Ukraine war started is contrary to law

Competitiveness council warns current strain on utilities meant business demand would soon outstrip supply with ramifications for inward investment

Energy prices, which had increased significantly in the wake of Covid, spiked after Russia invaded Ukraine

Gas storage saga has been dragging on for years for facility that should have been operational in 2022 and which would have helped following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

It will see customers save an average of €150 a year on electricity and just over €100 on gas

What measures has the Government introduced or promised and how have they been received?

Commission for the Regulation of Utilities says Irish suppliers’ hedging strategy protected consumers from worst of post-Ukraine invasion cost spike

Company is newest supplier of electricity to residential market

Micheál Martin says planning system is now adequately resourced to cater for projects, Wind Energy Ireland conference hears

At a Time of Climate Crisis: This revolution has been made possible by big strides in battery technology, which has driven down the cost, weight and size of batteries

State’s ‘biggest industrial opportunity for decades’ provides certainty for investors, says Eamon Ryan

Majority shareholder of the Irish provider of the fuel went into administration

Details of the State’s low cost loan scheme for energy upgrades have finally been unveiled: so who qualifies and how can you apply?

Facility deploys a mixture of wireless technology and software to monitor and control energy usage

Q&A: Cost of wholesale electricity has fallen by over 70%, but how much will you see off your bill?

Climate change: Database update reveals 57 large multinationals are responsible for 80 per cent of emissions since 2016

If international energy prices stay at ‘extremely high levels’, real GDP in 2030 would be about 0.7% lower, research institute says

Novel approach could deflect us from the intensive pursuit of achieving net zero emissions of warming gases into our atmosphere

Headline price growth in economy falls to 1.7% in March, according to CSO’s harmonised index of consumer prices

Connecting Bord Na Mona plant to system will cut carbon by 40%

Group, which has more than 180,000 electricity and 60,000 gas customers, says typical customer will pay €1,325 per year