Utilityfair Irish Business Electricity Price Index
Utilityfair is Ireland's largest business energy broker, with over 20,000 active business customers. We arrange more than 1,000 electricity contracts every month. Our Price Index uses actual fixed-price contract rates and wholesale tracker rates to show what Irish businesses pay for electricity.
Real contracted prices — not advertised supplier tariffs, indicative quotes or wholesale market prices.
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Electricity Prices by Meter Category
Average electricity unit rates from real fixed-price and wholesale tracker contracts arranged by Utilityfair. Step 1: Choose your contract type. Step 2: Select your meter category to see what other businesses pay for electricity..
Nightsaver
Day/night metered business sites with a separate night unit rate.
Actual electricity rates from real fixed-price and wholesale tracker contracts arranged by Utilityfair. All unit rates are shown in cents per kWh (c/kWh), excluding VAT.
24-Hour: Businesses paying the same electricity unit rate throughout the day and night.
Nightsaver: Businesses with separate day and night electricity rates.
Night Storage Heating (NSH): Businesses with a separate night rate for storage heating.
Low Voltage Maximum Demand (LVMD): Larger businesses with maximum-demand electricity meters.
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What Businesses Like Yours Are Paying
Average electricity unit rates from real business contracts arranged by Utilityfair, grouped by industry. All rates exclude VAT. Step 1: Choose your contract type. Step 2: Select your industry. Step 3: Choose your meter type to see what similar businesses pay for electricity.
Dual-rate meter — cheaper night rate
Hospitality & Leisure · Nightsaver
Pubs, restaurants, cafés, hotels, bakeries, food services
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Our Data Sources and Methodology
Real contracts. Rigorous checks. Zero guesswork. Here's how we use thousands of real business electricity contracts to show the actual prices Irish businesses pay for electricity.
Actual Contract Rates, Not Advertised Prices
Our index uses real electricity prices from business contracts arranged by Utilityfair. Fixed-price rates are taken from newly agreed contracts. Wholesale tracker rates are the actual monthly electricity prices charged under tracker contracts.
Business Contracts Only, No Domestic Meters
The index includes business electricity contracts only. Domestic electricity meters are excluded to ensure the figures reflect commercial electricity prices.
Over 1,000 Contracts Analysed Every Month
Utilityfair arranges more than 1,000 business electricity contracts each month. We use these contracts to track newly agreed fixed-price rates, alongside actual monthly rates from wholesale tracker contracts.
Prices Grouped by Meter Type and Industry
Electricity prices are grouped by meter category and industry. The four meter categories are 24-Hour, Nightsaver, Night Storage Heating and LVMD. Day and night rates are calculated separately.
Data Validation & Quality Control
We check electricity pricing data for errors, missing information and unusually high or low rates. Invalid records and non-comparable charges are excluded to keep the figures accurate and consistent.
Tracking Monthly Electricity Price Changes
We use actual electricity unit rates each month and compare them with the previous month. Fixed-price contracts and wholesale trackers are reported separately, showing how electricity prices change over time.
How We Calculate the Index
Four rules. One formula. Here's how we calculate the index.
- 01
Simple average
Every contract counts equally. No volume weighting.
- 02
Multiple Meters
Where they are multiple meters at one location, day and night unit rates are averaged equally.
- 03
Unit rate only
Electricity prices in c/kWh, excluding VAT, standing charges and the PSO levy.
- 04
Monthly Price Changes
Changes shown in c/kWh and as a percentage compared with the previous month.
(This month − Last month) ÷ Last month × 100
Shown using 24-Hour contracts as an example.