Gas price to rise by 39% and Electric by 27% in April.

Spanish Eyes

Savage rises. Summertime will help a bit but I wonder if prices will stay high or get back to reality by next Winter? I doubt it somehow. Going to be very hard on those just about paying the current bills.

Will we get more help from Government? It all looks very depressing between energy rises and fuel costs etc. I'm just going to try and pay a bit more over the Summer but I am fortunate that I can. Not everyone is in that position.

Take care out there, this might be only the beginning.

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2022/0315/1286579-bord-gais-energy-prices-to-rise-from-next-month/

Gael23

People won’t be able to pay it so the government have to do more. Looking about €40 per month increase for the average combined electricity plus gas customer

you2008

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058237479/gas-price-to-rise-by-39-and-electric-by-27-in-april

Well, EU leaders dont want oil - China and India will take it, well Done EU.

batman_oh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118788509#Comment_118788509

But sure we pollute more than China and India apparently so we deserve it

Thelonious Monk

Probably just the beginning. Maybe we have gone past peak globalisation and consumerism and the chickens are coming home to roost as resources become less available and countries like China and Russia start hogging what's out there. Maybe we all need to live differently, the current system was always going to go this way.

JimmyVik

No reasoning for a carbon tax now. Axe it immediatley. Energy prices are far higher than any carbon tax would have made them, which was the aim. So do the people a favor and bin them.

Its like crucifixion at this point.

Thelonious Monk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118788985#Comment_118788985

I don't it makes much of a difference anyway it's so small

JimmyVik

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118789001#Comment_118789001

All the more reason to bin it.

road_high

Dunno about anyone else but the Gas central-heating is going a LOT less lately. Less than an hour in the morning, that's it. Not ideal but better than completely savage bills for me.

road_high

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118789001#Comment_118789001

Don't have the figures to hand but it's far from insignificant from memory and has VAT lumped on top for good measure. An outrageous tax that further pummels the worst off in society. Just like USC does for the middle income.

Thelonious Monk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118789064#Comment_118789064

Ditto. Will make everything more expensive though in time. Use it as little as possible.

road_high

I feel this is going to have massive effects on the discretionary consumption side of the economy. People aren’t going to have the extra money for things like nights out, meals, holidays, weekends away etc

Can see unemployment pushing up very easily.

Jonnyc135

They will have to building motorways to the bog this year. The turf man has being the poor relation for long enough.

NIMAN

This war is going to have a dramatic impact on all Western economies for many months to come, right into next winter. So we may get prepped for plenty more pain before it's all over.

There is another recession coming too, caused by all this. We are all heading for war time, whether we are being bombed or not.

People cannot cut out eating, heating their homes, running the car, so they will cut out the holiday, the treats, the takeaways, unnecessary clothes , the beer etc.

Billcarson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118789336#Comment_118789336

People will just be living to live but not really living at all. Basically a form of slavery. Cut everything out and whats left?

Shauna677

Absolutely savage increases. Does it mean we still have to pay these increases if we are in a contract with them?

POBox19

Keep an eye on the Standing Charge and PSO Levy. Whatever about the fuel cost element it would be very deceitful indeed to put those charges up too.

crisco10

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118789404#Comment_118789404

Yes, Most contracts you are committed to a fixed discount off the standard rate. So if they change the standard rate, your rate will change too.

is_that_so

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118789064#Comment_118789064

Have cut 40 minutes off either end of the day so the equivalent of a day's use less per week. Once the evenings are anyway mild it will be off till September-October.

Shauna677

Increases coming in mid April, thank goodness worst of winter will be over, I thought I was doing good up to now with Bord gais but it's all gone insane.

washman3

To all those who cheered on lockdowns over the last 2 years and those who allowed themselves to be led down the Primrose path by Greta and her lunatic fringe along with those who vote for the likes of Eamon Ryan, here is your bill folks, suck it up and start paying.!! You were well warned by people who knew better but laughed, scoffed and cancelled them and decided to be the best pupils in the class and go along with the mob. This was always going to happen, the Ukraine crisis just accelerated it, which is actually a Godsend for the Government. Gas today, Food coming shortly. Just wait and see.

Dakota Dan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118788670#Comment_118788670

Or maybe it’s the globalists wanting to end capitalism like they have been hinting at over the last 2 decades, while they continue their lavish lifestyles of course.

Thelonious Monk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118789495#Comment_118789495

Our current form of consuming more and more capitalism has to end eventually. Maybe energy and food crises will force us to change things up a bit.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118789423#Comment_118789423

They make up over half of my bill usually so I'll be keeping an eye on them.

Anyone got any way of seeing what kind of massive losses the energy companies are trying to recoup?

Dakota Dan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118789506#Comment_118789506

We’ve been told that for over 40 years.

Spanish Eyes

I wonder if Gov can do anything to subsidise any of this. Take ESB, for example a semi state that pays a significant surplus (profit) to the Gov. Maybe use the surplus to help people out or something.

Sorry I may not be aware of reasons why this can't be done. I understand that Bord Gais is independent and no State involvement.... as far as I know.

washman3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118789498#Comment_118789498

And many,many others like them, and if you cannot see the link then i'm afraid you have already swallowed the entire jar of pills.

Keep voting for Eamon Ryan and you'll be grand.😉

callaway92

Any chance of Fuel Allowance potentially being made year-round instead of the Autumn/Winter period?

washman3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118789520#Comment_118789520

Exactly, and amazingly we still get clowns to believe it.!!

jaffa20

Wish could switch to a supplier that offers a fixed rate for 12 months. I can't understand how prices can be increased continiously but then they can charge you fees if you want to break the contract because of the increases.

Ubbquittious

Oil going donw a bit

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2022/0315/1286446-world-oil-prices/