Charlie Weston
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1,990 appearances
20 recordings
3 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 2 Sep
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There's no other way of putting it.
We have the most expensive electricity in Europe, possibly one of the most expensive in the world.
We had recent increases from Electric Ireland, the biggest player in the market, which will add about 300 euros to the average bill over a year.
And there's no sign of the electricity costs coming down.
We just keep being hit all the time and it's driving people up the wall.
People are so annoyed about this.
It is.
there are already indications that the wholesale cost of energy, of electricity is higher.
That'll get passed on, I'm afraid.
You know, about 30% of your bill is probably made up of wholesale costs of energy.
You know, with the conflict in the Gulf, that's causing higher energy prices.
You know, even though we don't use oil to generate electricity, it is affecting gas prices because a lot of gas comes from the likes of Qatar.
Exactly, Matt.
An extra 18 billion euros is going to be spent on network upgrades over the next five years.
My question is, is it fair that all of that 18 billion gets lumped onto customers?
We're talking commercial and domestic consumer companies.
Should they have to foot this entire bill?
You know, I've questioned this, and there was some talk earlier in the year at an EU level of maybe bringing down some of the network charges, maybe the government taking over some of that cost.
Okay, it'll probably be recouped somewhere else, but...
Is it fair that we should get so clobbered on something as essential as electricity?
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