“I know that some customers are without power for nearly two weeks in some areas.”
like hundreds of thousands of people, this weekend I remain disconnected and am sending this by carrier pigeon.
You might say, “but John, that was a once in a hundred year storm, there’s nothing Government could have done”. The problem is, this simply isn’t true.
Policies like the turf ban for many houses going cold in an emergency
Ongoing disruption.
It would be nice, now and again, if Irish public policy made sense.
ESB issues update
Storm Éowyn caused “unprecedented” damage, according to the ESB.
Ireland has an ideal coastline for offshore wind farms and yet we have the most expensive electricity in Europe. How is that?
Voters are anxious
At every step along the way, Irish Governments over the last decade or more have pursued – consciously and with foreknowledge – a policy of higher energy costs.
One thing to take into account here is that these figures are based on Ireland having an average winter, like last year’s, with only a few relatively short periods of severe cold.