SSE Airtricity recently announced a price hike from October 1st.

The original plans for the legislation caused uproar in the rural community.

There's concern that power demand will exceed supply this winter, particularly at peak energy times in the early evening

Energy companies are making huge profits due to the war in Ukraine.

Many energy companies have reported high profits in the first 2 quarters of the year.

One councillor warned that cafes and restaurants are bearing the brunt of the outages when it comes to losing power to cold food storage equipment.

The development has been subject to several applications for amendments over the past number of years.

Inflation is at its highest in almost 40 years.