“The EUSSR has too much economic control. Funny how they kept prices low during the Biden regime, but as soon as Trump came back they put the squeeze on the continent...”
Actually I remember their prices zooming up once the Neocon War against Russia started, in 2022, and maybe before then even. Most of it was due to their ‘green’ policies, including Germany blowing up its 12 nuclear plants, France’s policy of letting their 50 or so nuke plants ‘wither on the vine’ (since reversed) with the intent of replacing their reliable energy with totally unreliable energy, the UK shutting down its last coal plant, etc.
All of that pre-dates Trump 2.0 and I suspect they don’t want their new masters from the Middle East and Africa having a functional economy when they take over in a decade or so.
By the way, for people out there who don’t travel the world on a regular basis - when they say ‘cent’, they’re talking “Euro Cent”, which is about 20% higher than our one penny. So “40 cent” in US terms is nearly 50 US Cents per kwh, which is 3 times the average price in most of the US (other than deep blue states). They’re hosed.
I wonder if 1/3 of Irelands electricity being provided by wind turbines has anything to do with it?
One large nuclear power plant would be enough to take care of the electricity needs of the whole island.
Energy is literally the ability to get things done.
Governments that cause high energy prices with anti-human “green” policies consign their constituents to the bottom of the barrel.
Sucks to be you, Irish!
They need to reduce their population to a couple of hundred thousand and learn to burn peat to heat their homes and cook their food.
I happened to do the math on a bill in the last day or two.
13.2 cents/kWh. N. GA.
They’re paying 3X my costs!
We pay 12 cents per kwh here. They have a rate 3 1/2 times ours. Poor climate-scam believing schnooks.
South central Kansas.
Electric $0.0912 / kwh
Fuel $0.0162 / kwh
Total $0.1074 / kwh
Including all the taxes / infrastructure / etc $0.1555 / kwh.
Think I’m doing OK.
“electricity in Ireland cost 40.42 cent per kilowatt-hour (including VAT and levies), which was nearly 40% above the EU average of 28.96 cent. “
We got them beat here in California - here it’s 50c/kwh,thanks to our abundance of cheap renewables.
Reminds me of California where we pay ≈ 60% more for electricity than the national average - due to the state’s commitment to “green policies.”
Was in the West of Ireland last year and took a ferry across the River Shannon sort of near Limerick. Very large power plants on both sides of the river. One was coal fired and the other seemed rigged for oil delivery by sea. Both plants not running. Lots of windmills though. Seems the Irish government has made a decision to only use the expensive green power sources. Maybe it’s because green is their national color?