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Thousands of Irish families owe almost â¬90 million in gas and electricity bill arrears following more than a year of Covid-19 curbs, official figures show.
Regulators will lift a temporary ban on energy suppliers cutting off customers on June 1st, but warn that debts grew during lockdowns which closed businesses and left hundreds of thousands out of work.
Figures from the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) show that household gas and electricity bill arrears reached â¬88 million in the first three months of this year.
The total contrasts with the â¬63 million in arrears that households owed to electricity and gas companies at the beginning of 2020, before the virus outbreak prompted the Government to shut down large parts of the economy.
EirGrid criticised after insisting overground cables the only option for North-South Interconnector By Simon Doyle Its Chief Executive has insisted underground cables are not viable for the controversial project.
EirGrid has come under widespread criticism in Co. Meath after rejecting any change to overground cables planned for the North-South Interconnector.
The electricity company appeared before the Oireachtas Climate Committee yesterday to discuss the controversial project between Meath and Co. Tyrone.
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Chief Executive Mark Foley insisted putting the 400 Kilovolt cables underground is not viable and that contracts have already been awarded for the pylon s design.
Contracts for construction are then expected to be awarded once a court case over the matter in the north is concluded.
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