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Tue 06 Jun 2010Electricity prices may rise over green levy
A PROPOSAL to pay for green energy incentives and supports for peat-fired power plants could add €40 a year to consumers’ electricity bills and increase industries’ costs by five-figure sums.
Every year the Commission for Energy Regulation imposes a public service obligation charge on all electricity users to pay for incentives for renewable energy and to support peat-fired power plants.
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