Electric Ireland offers a variety of electricity, gas and dual fuel plans to residential and business customers.
The table shows the cost to the average electricity, gas and dual fuel customer for the first year. You may pay more or less, depending on the size of your household.
According to the CRU, the average electricity customer uses 4,200 kW/h per year, while the average gas customer uses 11,000 kW/h.
Fuel type | Plan Name | Price |
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Electricity | EnergySaver 30 (Direct Debit & Online Billing) | €1,155 |
Gas | EnergySaver Gas 14 (Direct Debit & Online Billing) | €949 |
Dual Fuel | EnergySaver Dual 22 (Direct Debit & Online Billing) | €2,132 |
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Electric Ireland is a dual-fuel supplier which supplies electricity to 1.2 million customers and gas to 150,000 customers in Ireland.
Electric Ireland is the supply division of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), which was established in 1927 and was the former monopoly electricity company in Ireland. The company rebranded to Electric Ireland in 2012.
In March 2022, Electric Ireland announced that it was to increase its prices, effective 1 May.
In October 2021, Electric Ireland announced that it was to increase its prices, effective 1 November. This increase adds approximately €166 per annum to the average residential dual fuel bill
Prior to this, Electric Ireland’s last price change took place in August 2021 with a price hike of 9% and 7.8% to their standard electricity and gas rates, respectively. This increase added approximately €158 per annum to the average residential dual fuel bill.
In October 2020, there was a 3.4% increase in residential electricity prices which added around €2.88 per month to the average electricity bill.
Prior to this, Electric Ireland announced a price decrease, effective 1 April 2020:
The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) requires that electricity suppliers disclose the sources they use to generate their energy each year. The fuel mix used by Electric Ireland in 2020 is outlined below.
Electric Ireland Fuel Mix 2020
Carbon dioxide emissions: 179 gCO2 per MWh
The national average is 236 gCO2 per MWh
Source: CRU - 2020 Fuel Mix Disclosure and CO2 Emissions Report
Electric Ireland is the retail division of ESB (Electricity Supply Board) which supplies your gas and electricity.
It was previously known as ESB Customer Supply and ESB Independent Energy.
Customers can contact Electric Ireland via:
Electric Ireland offer you €10 emergency credit when your meter goes below €3.
To accept the emergency credit:
If you ignore the emergency credit offer, you will be left without power when the meter reaches zero.
Visit our guide, How to switch your gas and electricity to find out everything you need to know about switching your energy supplier.
Electric Ireland plans to install a smart meter into every customers’ home in the next three years.
Once you have your smart meter, you’ll get more accurate information about energy usage. This will allow you to manage your bills with more accuracy and mean the end of estimated bills.
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