SSE Airtricity has announced an electricity price hike which will cost customers £39 more a year.
Northern Ireland’s second largest provider of electricity confirmed today that its standard household electricity prices are to increase from October 1.
They will increase by 6.9%, or £0.75 per week. In total this will cost customers an extra £39 a year. It comes after Power NI announced a 6.1% price increase.
The company blamed "increased external costs" outside of their control for the price change. They said the rising costs associated with using the electricity network and market charges affect all suppliers and energy prices.
David Manning, Director of Home Energy at SSE Airtricity, said: " We’re disappointed to have to announce an increase in our electricity prices at this time. While there have been reductions in wholesale energy costs these have been negated by external cost increases applied to all energy suppliers.
"As always, we will do everything we can to ensure we consistently deliver value to our customers in their electricity supply, and to provide the greatest possible help that our customers expect from us.
"We continue to offer our customers highly competitive discounts and exclusive customer benefits through our SSE Reward Programme."
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