Perché le case irlandesi pagano di più per l’elettricità in Europa?
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/0820/1529121-ireland-electricity-prices-europe-production-natural-gas-infrastructure/
di Banania2020
Perché le case irlandesi pagano di più per l’elettricità in Europa?
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/0820/1529121-ireland-electricity-prices-europe-production-natural-gas-infrastructure/
di Banania2020
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Energy companies in Ireland
Why are Irish homes paying the most for [insert any product/service] in Europe?
Because we just accept it and continue to pay any price asked.
I remember hearing the Ireland had more km of grid per head of population than anywhere else in Europe. One off housing was blamed. Same thing at play with the national broadband. Every house gets a connection, and the cost is socialised.
What is Ireland energy matrix?
NIMBYs objecting to any improvement in infrastructure doesn’t help
For those who find articles too long to read:
1. We use more gas than others to generate electricity. Gas prices are high and volatile.
2. We have a widely spread and low density settlement pattern and this makes it more expensive to maintain energy infrastructure. That cost is reflected in bills.
I have actually just switched provider.
I had a call with SSE who refused to give me their new customer rate instead of the renewal one (10% more expensive). It took my less than 10 minutes to get a new contract with the competition …
No customer retention by design …
Because thr progressive Democrats (remember them?) Insisted that the ESB monopoly was anti competitive and was causing high prices.
They proceeded to open the market to the private sector but needed to hike the price to make it attractive to them.
Prices never came down after that.
TLDR?
PDs hiked prices to encourage competition so there would be low prices. Which never happened.
We get the Sparkling electricity piped in through Gold cables. It’s pricey but worth it for bragging on social media.
Data centers.