Electricity prices here are almost double the EU average

Electricity prices here are the most expensive in Europe.

The latest Household Energy Price Index, shows the unit price for electricity in Ireland is almost double the EU average and has almost doubled for some households in the past year, despite a series of cost-of-living credits.The Irish Independent quotes the report as stating residential electricity prices ranged from 9.2 cent per kilowatt hour in Hungary to 49.9 cent in Ireland.

The EU average was 28.3 cent per kilowatt hour.