03/09/2021

SSE Airtricity Announces Over 20% Gas Price Increase

SSE Airtricity has announced a 21.8% rise in its natural gas prices from October – an increase that will see the average household bill rise by around £112.

The company has said that the price increase is the result of the "sustained increases in external costs outside of its control".

Some 178,000 households across NI are SSE Airtricity customers.


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