As prices at the pumps rise, families this winter also face a double squeeze from higher electricity and EV-charging tariffs
Rises in electricity prices, meanwhile, are due to push up the cost of home-charging an electric vehicle (EV), this month’s AA Ireland Fuel Price survey has found.
Another hike in carbon tax on the night of the budget at the start of this month added between 2c and 3c to the price of a litre of both diesel and petrol.
This came at a time when the price of petrol at the pumps had held steady from the price charged last month and diesel prices were down slightly.
The latest fuel survey shows the cost of a litre of petrol has gone up by 2c at the pumps to €1.72 a litre when compared with last month. Diesel is now 1c dearer at €1.68 compared with the September price.
AA Ireland also warned that the cost of charging an EV at home would rise, with Bord Gáis Energy, Energia, Pinergy and SSE Airtricity hiking electricity prices this month. Flogas raised its electricity prices in August.
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There are close to 100,000 EV cars in the State.
An AA spokesperson said that while pump prices had remained relatively stable, home-energy tariffs for EV and domestic electricity customers were increasing. The spokesperson said the 1c rise in the cost of diesel this month was manageable.
“However, the bigger pressure point will be the increase in household energy costs and EV-charging tariffs that have been live from mid-October,” the spokesperson said.
“Petrol had a 2c increase and families heading into winter now face a double squeeze from higher electricity and EV-charging tariffs and rising living costs in other areas.”
AA Ireland encouraged EV owners and soon-to-be EV owners to review their home-energy plans and check whether their tariff offers an overnight or off-peak EV-charging rate.
“Switching to such a tariff can significantly reduce costs and help soften the impact of the upcoming increases,” the spokesperson said.
Home-heating oil prices were up this week, jumping €16 to €926 for 1,000 litres of kerosene.
Motorists with petrol and diesel vehicles had been benefiting from low prices for crude oil over the last few months.
But in the past few days, crude prices have spiked after US president Donald Trump imposed sanctions on two big Russian oil exporters.
Petrol and diesel prices are due to rise in January due to a government decision to require refiners here to increase the biofuel content of motor fuels.