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
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
Energia agrees offshore wind energy partnership with Norway’s Vårgrønn
Projects will have the potential to deliver up to 1.8 GW of new capacity by 2030 if they go ahead
Energy prices to remain high into 2024 despite wholesale falls
Suppliers tied to expensive hedging deals struck during crisis
Adverts claiming energy firms provide ‘100% green energy’ deemed misleading
Complaints about companies’s advertisements have been upheld by Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland
AIL final: Terenure prove they can be heroes with a historic title win over Clontarf
URC: Leinster increase Aviva capacity to 27,000 in anticipation of an epic semi-final showdown with Munster
Costs are falling fast so why are customer energy bills still so high?
Consumers and businesses wearying of arguments around hedging and losses incurred on residential business six months after prices start to fall
‘Irish can be revelatory, cheeky and full of joy’
Seachtain na Gaeilge: Details of Ireland’s largest language festival released
Big companies pay less for electricity, Ryanair and school buses, and paying into a pension as markets wobble
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Energia being sued for €3m in dispute over shares in company behind Dublin power plant project
Connective wants the court to determine the meaning of a share purchase agreement entered into in May 2018
Energy bills: Failure to switch costing customers thousands, CRU finds
CRU analysis says customer could have saved average of €581 a year by opting for best electricity rate, and €316 a year on gas
Energy prices likely to rise further despite falls in gas price
Suppliers not ruling out further increases as longer-term price outlook shows gas will cost them even more in winter 2023
Electric Ireland wins in switching battle among consumers
ESB subsidiary gained most customers from June’s record switching as two of the big four suppliers suffer net loss of customers
Electricity suppliers using imported ‘green’ certs to bolster renewable figures
EU-approved system allows companies to count power generated and used outside Ireland in disclosures to customers
State’s reliance on coal boosts electricity emissions, says report
Imported green certs account for high proportion of renewable fuel
Pricewatch reader queries: From delivery damages to phone lines cutting off
Consumer stories of anger and frustration, plus a rare letter of praise
Pricewatch: Why is the price of renewable energy increasing?
Reader: ‘These price rises are completely unjustifiable and quite disgraceful’
What happens if I can’t pay my energy bills this winter?
Consumers face rapidly rising bills but there are payment options and reassurance on the threat disconnection
Inflation overtakes housing as biggest concern, survey shows
Housing not the biggest budget issue for first time in number of years
Household bills to soar further as companies warn of ‘entire market malfunction’
Dire warnings will increase pressure on Government to support households with a massive budgetary intervention of one-off measures
Major financial package expected to help with fuel bills as vast implications of energy crisis become clear
Price projections ‘off the Richter scale’ with estimate of average annual household bill rising from €2,000 last year to €6,000 next year
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