When Will the Next Government Electricity Credit be paid? Further electricity credits were announced in Budget 2024 All domestic electricity customers will get €450 off their electricity bills. The credits will be paid in 3 instalments of €150. These payments will be made automatically between the end of 2023 and April 2024. The first payment […]
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Prepaid Electricity Prices Compared
There has been a big increase in the use of prepaid electricity meters in Ireland over the past 2 to 3 years. The idea of prepaying using meters was initially aimed at people on lower incomes who may struggle to budget for large bills. But it seems the use of pre-pay meters is more widespread […]
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Switching Electricity Supplier in Ireland
Here at MoneyguideIreland we are always advising people to shop around and switch energy suppliers to reduce bills – but how many people have actually switched their Electricity provider?The CER (Commission for Regulation of Utilities ) released some information on the numbers of people switching electricity suppliers in Ireland. In 2020 – Electric Ireland still […]
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PSO Levy 2024
On 1st October 2022 , the PSO levy was reduced to zero . This resulted in an annual saving of €52 (excluding VAT) on average household electricity bills. However – in an announcement on June 14th 2022 – the government proposed a further PSO levy decrease that will result in a negative figure or a […]
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How to Cut Energy Bills and Save Money
The price of wholesale gas rose during 2022 and we saw price rises from all the energy suppliers in Ireland in 2022 and 2023. Prices started to come back down in Autumn of 2023. There are many ways to reduce your energy bills and cut down on energy usage in the home, some of the […]
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