Now that the electricity suppliers have announced their new tariffs, who is offering the cheapest deals? I have used the new estimate of average consumption which is 3200 kWh a year. Standard default tariff which is the most expensive option Budge...
The cost of gas, which is the main fuel used by power stations, has dropped year on year by about 20%. So why is the price of electricity coming down by just 5% as evidenced by the Budget Energy announcement? Put plainly, wholesale fuel costs ar...
In about a month’s time the Energy Regulator will announce a new electricity tariff for Power NI. Before that happens SSE Airtricity has moved to adjust some of its key rates. Two year contract deals are being revised. They now offer up to ten cen...
Budget Energy has emerged on top in a customer satisfaction survey conducted by consumer organisation Which. The North West based electricity supplier scored 61 points, significantly ahead of its rivals. Gas supplier Firmus came second with 53 fol...
The Energy Regulator across the water has brought in reforms to ensure that customers checking tariffs on price comparison sites get the full picture. Among the key reforms introduced by Ofgem: Banning a default partial view. Sites must show all t...
You probably haven’t heard of what is effectively Northern Ireland’s fourth biggest power station and you’ve certainly never seen it. And yet it’s been going for four years and and it exists all around you. With the capacity to deliver 74 MW iPower...
Why not now? If wholesale gas, oil and coal prices have already fallen, shouldn’t we be seeing lower domestic bills in January rather than having to wait until April when the winter will be over? It looks like a good point but the fact is that one...
It is possible to make substantial savings on your power bill but you must be ready to switch, and switch again if your deal comes to an end and you move onto a much less attractive tariff, - all the time of course watching out for penalties for leav...
The Energy Regulator has revealed more details about plans to make sure the lights don’t go out next January when US owned AES is forced to switch off 510 megawatts of capacity at its Ballylumford station in order to comply with EU rules on emissions...
The wholesale cost of energy here plunged ten per cent last month, as oil prices continued to slither downwards. The firmus energy index dropped to 98 - a new low in its five year history. Oil may not be the only fuel consumed in Northern Ireland...
