Irish electricity price indexSeptember 2026

The state of domestic electricity prices in Ireland, calculated live from every supplier's published tariffs. Journalists and researchers are welcome to cite these figures with attribution — see how the index works.

Prices last changed 17 Sept 2026

Typical annual bill

€1,622

average Estimated Annual Bill of each supplier's best plan

Cheapest plan

€1,363

Energia — Smart Data

Cheapest-to-priciest gap

€696

between suppliers' best plans — the cost of not switching

Plans tracked

69

across 11 suppliers, checked continuously

Estimated Annual Bills per the CRU methodology: 4,200 kWh a year, urban standing charge, smart meter, new-customer rates, incl. PSO levy and VAT, excl. cashback.

Price changes — last 90 days

11 suppliers changed prices on 62 plans11 up, 3 down.

  • changed
    Pinergy Lifestyle EV Night Time
    17 Sept 2026
  • ▲ up
    Electric Ireland Home Electric+ Saver
    16 Sept 2026
  • ▲ up
    Electric Ireland Home Electric+ SST Saver
    16 Sept 2026
  • ▲ up
    Pinergy Lifestyle Standard Smart Tariff
    16 Sept 2026
  • ▲ up
    Pinergy Lifestyle Family Time
    16 Sept 2026
  • ▲ up
    Pinergy Lifestyle Working from Home Time
    16 Sept 2026
  • changed
    Yuno Energy EV Variable Smart
    10 Sept 2026
  • changed
    Yuno Energy EV Variable
    10 Sept 2026
  • changed
    Yuno Energy Variable Smart Discount Rural
    6 Sept 2026
  • changed
    Yuno Energy Variable Smart Discount Urban
    6 Sept 2026
  • changed
    Yuno Energy Variable Discount Plan Day/Night Rural
    6 Sept 2026
  • changed
    Yuno Energy Variable Discount Plan Day/Night Urban
    6 Sept 2026
  • changed
    Yuno Energy Variable Discount Plan 24hr Rural
    6 Sept 2026
  • changed
    Yuno Energy Variable Discount Plan 24hr Urban
    6 Sept 2026
  • ▲ up
    Community Power Smart Standard Tariff
    3 Sept 2026
  • ▲ up
    Energia Smart Data
    3 Sept 2026
  • changed
    PrepayPower Smart Pay Rural Day Night Peak
    1 Sept 2026
  • changed
    PrepayPower Smart Pay Urban Day Night Peak
    1 Sept 2026
  • ◆ mixed
    Bord Gáis Energy Smart EV Electricity Discount (Rural)
    26 Aug 2026
  • ◆ mixed
    Bord Gáis Energy Smart EV Electricity Discount (Urban)
    26 Aug 2026

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The gap above is €696 a year

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About this index — and how to cite it

SmarterMeter checks the published domestic tariffs of all 11 Irish electricity suppliers on a regular basis and keeps them in a live price register — rates, standing charges, discounts and sign-up bonuses. This page is recalculated from that register every hour, so the figures are always current rather than a snapshot from a press release.

All costs are Estimated Annual Bills (EABs) as defined by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities: 4,200 kWh of typical annual consumption priced at each plan's unit rates (for smart tariffs, the CRU's split of day 2,184 kWh / night 1,638 kWh / peak 378 kWh), plus the urban standing charge, any prepayment charge and the PSO levy, all including 9% VAT — and excluding cashback, welcome bonuses and other non-energy items, exactly as the CRU definition requires. The headline “typical annual bill” is the average, across suppliers, of each supplier's cheapest new-customer plan on that measure. Wholesale-tracking dynamic tariffs are excluded. Each time we check, the prices are compared against what we have on file, so a “change” recorded here means a supplier really did alter a published price.

Media and researchers: these figures are free to reuse with attribution to SmarterMeter.ie and a link to this page. For a comment, a custom cut of the data, or historical figures, contact team@smartermeter.ie.

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