{"id":4127,"date":"2021-04-02T09:40:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T09:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/honeworld.com\/eng\/?p=4127"},"modified":"2021-04-14T17:39:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T17:39:13","slug":"irish-homes-to-be-hit-with-hefty-energy-price-increases-from-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/honeworld.com\/eng\/2021\/04\/02\/irish-homes-to-be-hit-with-hefty-energy-price-increases-from-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish homes to be hit with &#8216;hefty&#8217; energy price increases from today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wh1514474.ispot.cc\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bigstock-Electricity-Bill-1029964.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4129\" src=\"https:\/\/wh1514474.ispot.cc\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bigstock-Electricity-Bill-1029964-640x427.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/honeworld.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bigstock-Electricity-Bill-1029964-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/honeworld.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bigstock-Electricity-Bill-1029964-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/honeworld.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bigstock-Electricity-Bill-1029964-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/honeworld.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bigstock-Electricity-Bill-1029964-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/honeworld.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bigstock-Electricity-Bill-1029964-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/honeworld.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bigstock-Electricity-Bill-1029964.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Irish households are being warned to brace themselves for a raft of energy price increases from April 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Electricity prices in Ireland are already the fourth most expensive in the EU, while gas prices are the seventh highest.<\/p>\n<p>The energy price increases will be staggered throughout the month, depending on which provider households use.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-paywall-IE-template\">\n<p class=\"contextmenu caption\"><strong>April 1\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Around 270,000 SSE Airtricity customers will see electricity prices go up by 6.2%, while 85,000 gas consumers will see a rise of 4.5%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Meanwhile, customers of Pinergy will see electricity costs increase by 4.2%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu caption\"><strong>April 5\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Energia&#8217;s 160,000 electricity customers will see a rise of 8.6%, while 60.000 gas customers will pay 5.7% more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This means the average customer will pay around \u20ac100 and \u20ac50 a year extra for electricity and gas respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu caption\"><strong>April 12\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Bord G\u00e1is Energy plans to raise their electricity prices by 8%, adding more than \u20ac80 to their 350,000 customers&#8217; annual bills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">However, Ireland&#8217;s second-biggest energy supplier says that the company&#8217;s freeze on gas prices will remain in place for now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Panda Power, Iberdrola, Glowpower, and Flogas are also increasing prices later this month.<\/p>\n<p><em>Full story available on the Irish examiner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/arid-40255925.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irish households are being warned to brace themselves for a raft of energy price increases from April 1. Electricity prices in Ireland are already the fourth most expensive in the EU, while gas prices are the seventh highest. The energy price increases will be staggered throughout the month, depending on which provider households use. 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