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ENERGIA HAS ANNOUNCED that it will increase its household electricity price by 3.9% from 1 December 2017.
This comes just a few weeks after Electric Ireland, Bord Gáis Energy and SSE Airtricity announced increases in their gas and electricity prices.
Energia has said that the electricity price increase is due to the rising wholesale gas prices and increased network costs.
The increase will take the supplier’s standard unit rate to 17.3%, excluding VAT, and will costs customers with average consumption an extra €31 a year on their bills.
Commenting on the price hike, Mark Whelan of Bonkers.ie said: “This is the fourth energy price increase announcement in the last four weeks, meaning that one thing is very clear – energy prices are on the rise.
It is likely that more suppliers will announce hikes in the coming weeks.
Meanwhile, SSE Airtricity’s change amounts to an increase of 90 cent per week or €46.80 per year for someone with average consumption on their 24hr SmartSaver standard tariff.
Bord Gáis Energy said its announcement will increase a typical gas bill by €2.12 a month and a typical electricity bill by €4.77 a month.
In a statement earlier this month, Bord Gáis Energy said: “The changes, which will take effect from 1st November 2017, are due to significant increases in the wholesale cost of energy as well as higher costs associated with distributing energy on the gas and electricity networks.
“In percentage terms, the increase represents 3.4% in a typical customer’s gas bill and an increase of 5.9% in a typical customer’s electricity bill.”
Eoin Clarke, managing director of Switcher.ie said that if customers haven’t switched electricity provider in over a year that they should review the deals available at the moment.
The market is highly competitive so there are huge savings to be made by switching.
“All suppliers use the same cables to supply electricity to your home, so you don’t need to worry about any loss in service, and you could save up to 324 by switching from typical standard tariffs to the cheapest deals on the market,” Clarke said.
The PSO levy also increased earlier this month, adding €25 to annual bills.
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The instinct for survival is astonishing.
God doesnt cause earthquakes Einstein.
Its called a Natural Disaster
Einstein didnt believe in God
Bear Grylls will be proud.
It’s full of protein.
hopefully not the only survivor, well done to those involved with saving him!
Guess god is not available right now. But you will be sure his reps will be!
On the piss.
Hopefully in this case it is a case of not able to reach communication. Devastating event. One thing I have noted is the different countries all working together to help the people. Long may of continue. I wonder will Daly and Wallace be protesting at the 2 US Boeing C-17 aircraft sent over to help in the effort if they refuel at Shannon?
@John Reese. Well said John. Also the Israelis have set up a field hospital operational to-day and treating 200.+patients per day. 130 medical team in a 230 group rescue group sent over.
_“The field hospital will deal with various types of medical issues that come up, including a surgical department, obstetrics, a laboratory for blood samples, and other emerging medical issues,” said Weiss. “We also have an eye doctor and other types of specialists.”
There will be 60 beds and the capacity to treat at least 200 people per day.”
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@John Reese. Well said John. Also the Israelis have set up a field hospital operational to-day and treating 200.+patients per day. 130 medical team in a 230 group rescue group sent over.
_“The field hospital will deal with various types of medical issues that come up, including a surgical department, obstetrics, a laboratory for blood samples, and other emerging medical issues,” said Weiss. “We also have an eye doctor and other types of specialists.”
There will be 60 beds and the capacity to treat at least 200 people per day.”
@John Reese. Well said.
Guess God wasn’t available .
Leave my father alone!
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