Should households expect to pay for national grid upgrades?
The Hard Shoulder · Newstalk
December 17, 202514m 4s
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Show Notes
Electricity users will face price increases next year of up to €1.75 per month on bills to pay for a major upgrade to the national grid, which could cost almost €19 billion.
Is this upgrade necessary, and is it right that householders will foot the bill?
Joining Ciara Doherty to discuss this is Muireann Lynch, Senior Research Officer at the ESRI and Mairead Farrell, Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation…