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Bord Gais

# bord-gais - Friday 3 May, 2013

From Business ETC State Assets

For sale: State asset sell-off begins as Bord Gáis Energy invites bids

The energy arm of Bord Gáis Éireann is one of a number of State-run companies the government intends to sell-off in the coming year.

# bord-gais - Wednesday 17 April, 2013

From Business ETC Bord Gais

Bord Gáis says 100,000 customers have agreed repayment plans

The energy company released its annual report today which showed that 62,000 pay-as-you-go meters are now installed in Irish homes.

# bord-gais - Wednesday 30 January, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Water Charges

Water charges will be read digitally

There will also be a public consultation as part of the process of determining water charges.

# bord-gais - Friday 11 January, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Euroleaks

Half of proceeds from State assets sale must pay down debt – Troika Exclusive

The government is keen to use all of the money from the sale of State assets in “one shape or another” to fund job creation initiatives but the Troika appears more focussed on reducing the debt.

# bord-gais - Wednesday 28 November, 2012

From Business ETC Green Energy

European Investment Bank provides €155m loan to Bord Gáis for wind farms

It is expected that the new expansion programme will increase the operational wind capacity of Bord Gáis by more than 50 per cent.

# bord-gais - Tuesday 6 November, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Water Charges

Customers unlikely to face disconnection for unpaid water charges

The CEO of Bord Gais, which is setting up the new Uisce Éireann, says water is too important to disconnect.

# bord-gais - Monday 17 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Energy

Bad news, consumers: Bord Gáis prices to increase from next month

The move follows similar announcements from Electric Ireland and Airtricity in recent weeks.

# bord-gais - Sunday 9 September, 2012

From The Score Ask Rafa

Competition: What do you want to ask Rafa Benitez?

Submit your question for the former Liverpool and Inter Milan boss next week and you could win two tickets to see him give a talk in Dublin on Thursday.

# bord-gais - Friday 7 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Need To Know This post contains videos

The Evening Fix… now with added baby heavy metal

Things we learned, loved and shared today.

From TheJournal.ie Energy

Electric Ireland announces electricity and gas price increases

Not good news for the company’s 1.3 million customers, 60,000 of whom also get their gas from Electric Ireland.

# bord-gais - Wednesday 5 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Gas Prices

Role of energy regulator questioned after Bord Gáis price hike

The CER has been condemned for “disregarding” warnings regarding domestic gas prices and instead granting a higher-than-anticipated price increase.

# bord-gais - Tuesday 4 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Bord Gais

Bord Gáis gas bills to rise by 8.5pc from October

The Commission for Energy Regulation approves an 8.5 per cent increase in Bord Gais Energy’s domestic gas prices.

# bord-gais - Wednesday 29 August, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Water Charges

Leaked EU report: Water charges to kick in from January 2014

Irish homes will pay water charges from 1 January 2014, Brussels says – far earlier than Phil Hogan had previously said.

# bord-gais - Tuesday 7 August, 2012

From Business ETC Energy Index

Energy Index jumps in July with increases for oil, coal and electricity

The latest Bord Gáis Energy Index cites supply issues and eurozone weakness as pushing fuel up.

# bord-gais - Saturday 28 July, 2012

From Business ETC Money Matters

Bord Gáis planning 7.54 per cent price hike

The energy supplier has asked the regulator for permission to raise prices by 7.54 per cent in October.

# bord-gais - Monday 25 June, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Energy

Gas prices likely to rise but too early to say by how much – Bord Gáis

The energy supplier was responding to a report in today’s Irish Independent which said consumers could face a 10 per cent price hike in the autumn.

From TheJournal.ie 9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Monday

Nine things to know this morning…

# bord-gais - Tuesday 12 June, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Stolen Laptop

Stolen unencrypted laptop contained details of 900 Bord Gais employees Exclusive

The personal information of around 900 Bord Gais employees was on the laptop which was stolen from the Dublin 1 office earlier this month.

# bord-gais - Friday 8 June, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Water Charges

Water charges waiver system proposed for low-income households

A joint Oireachtas committee report has also recommended that Irish Water, the new State body, should remain in public ownsership.

# bord-gais - Wednesday 30 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Water Charges

Bord Gáis says Irish Water plan won’t come until at least mid-July

SIPTU members are being balloted for industrial action over job fears as services are transferred from local authorities to the new State company.

# bord-gais - Tuesday 8 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Water Meters

No deal to give tender for water meters to O’Brien firm, insists minister

Pat Rabbitte says reports that SiteServ has won the tender to install water meters in Irish homes are incorrect.

From TheJournal.ie Bord Gais

No change in Bord Gáis Energy Index in April

However the index showed that there were changes in the individual commodities such as electricity, natural gas, oil and coal.

# bord-gais - Monday 7 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Sally O'brien

“Put a bit of butter on the spuds André”: Our favourite Irish ad catchphrases

Will we ever find out who was taking the horse to France? Or how exactly Sally O’Brien might look at you? Revisit some favourite Irish ad catchphrases…

# bord-gais - Thursday 26 April, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Water Headache

Enda Kenny: We can’t guarantee water will not be cut off

Taoiseach says that Government can’t send a message to people that they need not pay water charges. However, decision not yet made on how to tackle amount of water “lost” between production and tap – and who will pay for it.

# bord-gais - Tuesday 24 April, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Water Charges

Howlin insists no possibility of selling off Irish Water

The public expenditure minister says Irish Water will not form part of the Bord Gais sell-off – but the opposition aren’t convinced.

# bord-gais - Monday 23 April, 2012

From Business ETC Wind Farm

New wind farm opened in Kilkenny

The wind farm was officially opened on Sunday in Kilkenny by Minister Pat Rabbitte, who confirmed that Bord Gáis Energy will develop a further 250MWs of wind energy over the next three years.

# bord-gais - Tuesday 17 April, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Water Meters

Plumbers’ association ‘ready to start work’ on installing water meters

The Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors says it has 350 firms which could be used to install meters quickly.

From TheJournal.ie Irish Water

17 questions (and answers) about those new water charges

TheJournal.ie’s Q&A on one of the most controversial issues of the day…

From TheJournal.ie Water Charges

New State body Irish Water will be part of Bord Gáis

Minister Phil Hogan has also confirmed that there will be no up-front charge for the water-metering programme.

# bord-gais - Wednesday 11 April, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Wednesday

All the biggest news stories from the day, as well as the few bits and pieces you might not have seen.

From Business ETC Investigation

APHCI lodges complaint against Bord Gáis with Competition Authority

The Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors of Ireland has accused Bord Gáis of engaging in anti-competitive behaviour.

# bord-gais - Thursday 8 March, 2012

From Business ETC Bord Gais

Bord Gais rejects “anti-competitive” complaint

The Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors of Ireland is protesting against what it terms Bord Gais’s “anti competitive and unfair” pricing policies.

# bord-gais - Thursday 23 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie State Assets

FF’s Martin attacks “bare-faced lies” over sale of state assets

Micheál Martin says Labour ministers are “covering their tracks” by claiming Fianna Fáil agreed to the sale of state assets.

# bord-gais - Wednesday 22 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Daily Fix This post contains videos

The Daily Fix: Wednesday

Your nightly news round-up of the day’s biggest stories…

From TheJournal.ie State Assets

‘It makes no economic sense’: Sale of state assets criticised by opposition

Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil have both criticised the government’s announcement on the sale of State assets today.

From TheJournal.ie Dáil Éireann

Kenny: I don’t foresee sale of state assets in 2012

Taoiseach Enda Kenny tells the Dáil that “commencement and realisation” of selling state assets may begin in 2013.

From TheJournal.ie State Assets

Parts of Bord Gais and ESB to be sold off to raise €3bn

The government is considering selling parts of Coillte and Aer Lingus when conditions improve – and has insisted that there will not be a fire sale.

# bord-gais - Thursday 2 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Unplugged

Forty homes a day lose electricity supply over unpaid bills

The rate of disconnections increased significantly compared to 2010, new figures from the energy regulator show.

# bord-gais - Sunday 22 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie 9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Sunday

Nine things to know this morning…

# bord-gais - Wednesday 18 January, 2012

From Business ETC Ratings

Irish semi-states moved from Standard and Poor’s ‘watch’ list

Bord Gais, the DAA and the ESB are currently rated ‘negative’ by S&P.

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