With the deregulation of the home energy market in Ireland , back in 2011, came an increase in hard sell tactics and advertising campaigns. Here in Ireland, doorstep and on-street sales are still used by some energy companies. There has been recent activity by PrePayPower and Just Energy. Doorstep sales usually involves using commission based […]
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Electric Ireland
Energy Price Increases 2017
Most of the Irish electricity and gas providers have recently introduced price increases. Bord Gais Energy (Part of Centrica) increased gas prices by 3.4% and standard electricity rates by 5.9% from November 1st 2017. SSE Airtricity increased standard rates on electricity by 5.6% also from Nov 1st 2017 Electric Ireland increased electricty prices by 4% […]
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Electricity Deal From Electric Ireland Extended
A bit of competition is usually good for consumers- and in the past few weeks we saw a mini price war in the Irish Electricity market. First we had the group marketing company OneBigSwitch getting it’s members who switched their electricity to Bord Gais an €80 credit on their account after 12 months. Then Energia […]
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Gas Prices Increasing From October
As expected – Bord Gais will be increasing the price of gas for domestic customers from October – by 2.04% . B. Initially Bord Gais wanted to increase prices by 7.2% – but the Energy Regulator decided that 2% was enough. Electric Ireland have also announced a 2% price increase for their gas customers. Flogas […]
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ESB – Electric Ireland Price Increase in October
ESB have confirmed they will be increasing Electricity charges by 14% from October 1st 2011 . The ESB dropped prices back in April – undercutting both Airtricity and Bord Gais. Our recent comparison of Electricity prices showed that after the latest Bord Gais electricity price increase – ESB were the cheapest for electricity. If both […]
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