Bord Gais
# bord-gais - Friday 3 May, 2013
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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# bord-gais - Friday 7 September, 2012
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
The 9 at 9: Monday
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# bord-gais - Tuesday 12 June, 2012
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
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
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
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.
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
# bord-gais - Thursday 26 April, 2012
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
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
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
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.
17 questions (and answers) about those new water charges
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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
The Daily Fix: Wednesday
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# bord-gais - Thursday 8 March, 2012
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
# bord-gais - Wednesday 22 February, 2012
The Daily Fix: Wednesday
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‘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.
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.
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
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
The 9 at 9: Sunday
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# bord-gais - Wednesday 18 January, 2012
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.






















































