Sir, – For the months of January and February this year, I was targeted with a penalty charge for “low usage” of electric wattage on my holiday home. A VAT charge was applied on top of the penalty amount. The charge was specific to the two months in question and apparently cannot be credited with excess usage in the following months. But irony of irony, included in my Electric Ireland bill, I receive literature urging me to fit low voltage light bulbs and insulate the attic in order to conserve energy! – Yours, etc,
BOB WADDELL,
Sandycove Road,
Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin.