{"id":7525,"date":"2019-05-24T09:48:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T13:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7525"},"modified":"2019-05-25T09:49:41","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T13:49:41","slug":"electricity-prices-in-ireland-are-the-fourth-highest-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7525","title":{"rendered":"Electricity Prices in Ireland are the Fourth Highest in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EnergyElectricityJan16_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EnergyElectricityJan16_large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EnergyElectricityJan16_large-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Ireland recorded the fifth highest increase in household electricity costs in Europe during 2018, according to new figures from Eurostat.<\/p>\n<p>Cost increases were highest in Cyprus, where they rose by 19.6% last year.<\/p>\n<p>Household electricity remains cheapest in former Soviet bloc countries that are now members of the EU.<\/p>\n<p>Grace Bolton of the EU Commission office in Ireland said that household electricity costs in Ireland are the fourth highest among the 28 EU Member States.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8220;The latest Eurostat figures confirm that electricity prices in Ireland have risen 7.8% over the last year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This puts Ireland among the top four expensive countries for electricity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-7525\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7525&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-7525\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7525&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-7525\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7525&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7525\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ireland recorded the fifth highest increase in household electricity costs in Europe during 2018, according to new figures from Eurostat. Cost increases were highest in Cyprus, where they rose by 19.6% last year. 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