Why are Irish energy prices so high?
Irish households are paying about €350 more a year for electricity compared to other EU countries
Energia
Sale of Energia, and all eyes on Budget 2026
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Energia to be sold to French private equity firm Ardian in multibillion-euro deal
Power group serves almost 900,000 homes and businesses on the island
Energia sale nears endgame as final bids called for Monday
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Energia owner calls final bids as KKR and Canadian Pension Plan circle
Electricity and gas group put on market earlier this year at estimated value of €2.75bn
Bord Gáis Energy announces electricity price hike of 13.5%
Company blames increases in network costs, the impact of wholesale energy markets and the higher cost of doing business
Energia customers facing price hike of up to 12% as business continues search for new owner
Company plans increase on charges imposed on companies by regulator to fund electricity network upgrades and expansion
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Impact of Ireland’s inability to deal with large infrastructure projects now being laid bare
Energia pays further €40m dividend as New York owner courts bidders
Host of firms said to be circling utility business
Energia bid interest ranges from Japanese trading firm to private equity
I Squared Capital attempting to sell business for the third time since acquisition in 2016
Energia’s US owner presses start button on multibillion euro sale
New York-based I Squared Capital bought group in 2016
Planners approve Energia data centre
Project is in line with Government’s Climate Action Plan, An Bord Pleanála rules after objections from An Taisce and environmentalists
Energia earnings dip as start to planned sale drifts
Earnings before tax fell to €238m in nine months to end of December from €247m
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Dispute between energy firms over power plant development goes to mediation
Connective Energy Holdings Ltd brought Commercial Court proceedings against Energia Group ROI Holdings DAC
Retail arm of Energia made a profit after tax of €135m last year
Group said the swing back to profit reflected the ‘normalisation of commodity and wholesale prices’
Delay on offshore wind farm construction ‘disappointing’, says Energia
Energia Renewables boss warns of five-year delay in building Tonn Nua development off Waterford coast
Supreme Court asks EU to interpret law in dispute over payments for green energy firms
Cases were brought by Energia Group Holdings and a number of its subsidiaries, along with GR Wind Farms and its subsidiaries, against the Commission for Regulation of Utilities
Energia pays additional €110m dividend to New York owner in advance of planned sale
Ebitda declined 6.3% to €79.5m in three months to end of September, following increases
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Energia quarterly earnings rise 28% as US owner advances sale plan
US investment firm I Squared Capital hired investment bankers to prepare the company for sale
Energia boss Ian Thom: ‘Why have an unnecessary dichotomy between growth and sustainability?’
Energy transition `represents a huge opportunity for us’, claims Energia boss
Energia earnings jump 40% as US owner plots €2.75bn sale
Earnings rose to €375m for the financial year to the end of March from €267m for the previous 12 months
US owner hires banks to run €2.75bn Energia sale
I Squared Capital seeking to offload Irish utility eight years after purchase
Energia pays €200m dividend as US private equity owner plots sale
Group could fetch as much as €2.75bn if possible sale takes place
Energia customers in line for savings as group to cut electricity and gas prices
Second cut in six months follows period of sustained increases and reflect significant fall in the price of energy on wholesale markets
Huntstown emergency power plant to be ready within weeks
Contract to build temporary generator boosts Energia subsidiary profits
Q&A: Energy prices are going down. Here’s what consumers need to know about it
Electric Ireland has made a further price cut, with other providers expected to follow suit. But the market is volatile and prices are still high compared to 2021
Energy price cuts of 10-30% for nearly all Irish households in coming days
Almost all households will see cuts of between 10 and 30 per cent over coming days as suppliers start competing for business
Potential for power system alerts this winter lower than last year, says EirGrid
Risk of amber warnings ‘most likely during the coming winter peak hours and at times of low wind and low interconnector imports’, says EirGrid
PrepayPower announces energy price cuts of up to 13.5%
Move will save dual fuel customers an average of €435 annually, according to company
Taoiseach meeting energy firms as further gas and electricity price cuts sought
Price decreases of between 10 and 20% announced this month not enough, Varadkar says
Taoiseach calls for further energy price reductions as Electric Ireland cuts rates
Move will save domestic duel fuel customers in excess of €400 over 12 months
Energia to cut prices for gas, electricity customers by up to 20%
Company says it plans to reduce home energy prices from October in move that could see households save hundreds of euro
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