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10 Home Energy Tips That Save You Money

July 22nd, 2011 Comments Off

We are always looking for ways to save more money in the home. Below are 10 Home Energy tips that will save you money!

Hot Water

Set your cylinder thermostat to 60°C/140°F and your waster will be hot enough for bathing and washing. This can save up to €15 per year.

Light bulbs
If you use a particular light for an average of four hours or more a day, then replace it with an energy-saving equivalent – which will use around a quarter of the electricity and last up to 12 times longer. Each energy efficient bulb fitted could give you an estimated saving of €10.50 off your energy bill per year.

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Bord Gáis customers face rise in bills of over €300 a year

July 11th, 2011 Comments Off

Check out article below published on The Irish Times Website today..

BORD GÁIS Energy customers will see their energy bills rise by more than €300 a year as the company prepares to dramatically increase its charges in the weeks ahead.

The firm will announce an electricity price increase of more than 10 per cent later this week and is preparing to apply to the Commission for Energy Regulation for a gas price increase of between 20 and 30 per cent, The Irish Times has learned.

The increases come at a time when more than 100,000 of the energy provider’s customers are in arrears and struggling to pay their bills.

While the company’s electricity price increase will take effect from August 1st, the gas price increase will have to be delayed until the beginning of October, pending sanction from the commission.