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SSE AIRTRICITY HAVE announced that both gas and electricity prices are set to rise next month, with gas prices to be hiked by over 30%.
The announcement follows on from Electric Ireland earlier this week, who announced that they would be putting prices of both gas and electricity up by approximately 24%.
Gas prices are set to rise the most, with a 32.3% price hike on SSE Airtricity customers gas bills. This equates to an increase of €332.8 per year to the average cost of gas from the provider.
Electricity prices are also increasing by 24%, equating to an increase of €338 per year onto the average cost of electricity.
Dual fuel household bills will also be increased by an average of 27.5%, which will cost customers approximately an additional €674.96 per year.
Following the announcement, Klair Neenan, Managing Director of SSE Airtricity said that the price change would be “disappointing” for customers.
“We know this price change will be disappointing for our customers and today’s announcement will not be welcome news. Throughout winter, we have worked hard to limit the local impact of the global energy crisis by absorbing record high wholesale energy costs, hoping to see pressure on prices ease,” said Neenan.
“Sadly, this has not been the case and energy prices continue to demonstrate sharp volatility and upward pressure. Regrettably, this must now be reflected in our prices.”
The company has said that it will be providing supports to help those who will be put under increased financial pressure, adding an additional €1 million to the existing customer support fund.
The company have also said that they are making a charitable donation to a trusted charity partner for targeted support for the cost of living crisis.
In recent days, Electric Ireland, Bord Gáis and Energia have all upped their prices for both gas and electricity.
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“Paul O’Brien is CEO of Plan International Ireland. He has been working in the INGO sector for over 35 years”
A professional Charitarian with his begging bowl, this does not take from the suffering of the people in Somalia, but these are the facts on famine from Our World in Data
https://ourworldindata.org/famines#long-term-trends-in-global-famine-mortality
@John Kennedy: A detailed article about the dire state in Somalia, written by someone with feet-on-the-ground experience and that is your only take from it? Nice person you must be.
@John Kennedy: How many people dying of famine is acceptable to you?
@John Kennedy: You really ought to try thinking before typing
@Diarmuid Hunt: Obviously no one wants to see people die of famine but the reality is that, due to climate change, there are large numbers of people now living in areas that can’t sustain them, so what’s the answer? As we are talking about hundreds of millions of people do we take in a couple of hundred thousand people (with little or no education or skills suitable to this country) and pay the required taxes to fund this or what would be your response Diarmuid as it’s easy to spout non platitudes?
@John Kennedy: It inspired me to donate to Plan International. He is absolutely right about simply giving money to people in need. That’s what they need to keep going. Not to trek from A to Z trying to access a voucher for something with five added layers of profit for ‘charitable’ companies.
@The next small thing: My response was to his post of our world in data showing the decline of people suffering from famine – I was not providing a solution but pointing out that posting this was of no benefit. You obviously know from your post that the question is a complex one and an answer of ah sure it’s better than the 1860′s isn’t adequate.
@John Kennedy: hope you can back up your potential “slanderous” post
Sad state of affairs the way wealth is distributed in this crap world.
Why is this under ‘Ukraine news’?
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