Energy

Bord Gáis is a commercial semi-state body that owns and operates the natural gas transmission and distribution networks in the Republic of Ireland. Natural gas can be used for domestic central heating, cooking, real flame fires or tumble-drying. Bord Gáis owns and operates natural gas transmission lines that bring gas from the Kinsale Head off the coast of Cork and from the North Sea gas fields through its sub-sea interconnector pipeline at Loughshinny in North County Dublin.

The gas supply market in Ireland has been gradually opened to competition in recent years. Since July 2004 all business users have been able to choose their own suppliers. Since July 2007 the gas supply market has been fully opened to competition. 

Rules

Residential natural gas connection

If you have an existing, live gas connection, a meter fit can be arranged through your Natural Gas Supplier. Your Registered Gas Installer will confirm if your existing connection is adequate.

If your home is located within 15 metres of a main pipeline, you are allowed to connect to the natural gas network for 250 euro. Outside of the 15-metre radius, a charge of 73.78 euro per metre will be levied. The meter position on your property can be agreed by phone using the geographical mapping system. The ground inside your property will be reinstated. On completion of the gas connection road and footpaths will be reinstated to standards agreed by the local authorities.

A number of activities are carried out for existing customers by request.

Activities that carry a fixed fee:

• Cut off service pipe
• Lock/unlock or disconnect meter
• Meter test (in the event of a problem with the meter
• Special read request

Activities carried out by quotation:

• Alteration of meter position

To request any of these services, contact Bord Gáis Networks on 1850 200 694.

Taking over a gas supply or moving house

If you are a new customer moving into a house that is already connected to the network, you should contact Bord Gáis Energy Supply at 1850 456 200. Alternatively, contact the appropriate supplier for your area.

A meter reading should be taken when the previous occupier moves out or when you move in.

To avoid the meter being locked or disconnected before you take occupancy, you should give as much advance notice as possible of the handover.

You are not liable for any gas used by the previous occupier, however, if you have an outstanding gas bill from a previous address, you may have to pay this bill to avoid interruption of the supply at the new address.

If you are renting the property, you will be required to:

• Agree to pay the gas bill by direct debit or
• Pay a security deposit (currently 190 euro)

If you have been a gas customer for the past five years with no history of arrears, your account will be transferred to your new address.

Cheques, bank drafts, money orders, or direct debit mandates should be posted to the Accounts Department, Bord Gáis Energy Supply, Foley Street, Dublin 1.

Cancelling your gas supply contract with Bord Gáis Energy Supply

If you wish to cancel your gas supply contract, you should telephone 1850 456 200, giving 7 days notice. The company may need access to the meter to turn it off and take a final meter reading. Until then, you will remain liable for subsequent gas usage.

Gas meters

The gas meter measures the gas that you use and operates on a two-month credit cycle. Three times a year, a meter reader will call to your home to record the amount of gas you have used in the previous two months. If the meter reader cannot gain access to the meter, he or she will leave a record card for you to phone in or e-mail in a reading.

In the intervening periods an estimate of gas usage will be made. Once the meter reading is made, a bill is issued.

When new meters are installed, they are located in external meter boxes. This permits the meter reader to record your gas usage without disturbing you and ensures that accurate bills are issued. The meter box will be locked and you will have a key. You should keep this in a safe place and only open the box to:

• Check your meter reading
• Turn off the gas at the meter if you smell gas at home.

If you have a meter box but do not have a key, you should contact Bord Gáis Networks on 1850 456 200, and one will be sent to you.

Meters are the property of Bord Gáis and must not be interfered with in any way.

Rates

Standard rate for residential users

The Bord Gáis Energy Supply Standard Rate for residential users is made up of a fixed supply charge of 34.10 euro per two-monthly bill and a single low rate of 2.713 euro per kWh for all gas used. There is no minimum usage commitment so you only pay for the gas that you use.

How to apply

You can pay your gas bill by:

• Plan-Pay Direct Debit - (Bord Gáis estimates your gas consumption and advises you of the monthly amount to be debited so that your annual costs are spread as evenly as possible over the year).
• Bill-Pay Direct Debit - (Arranges for the full amount of each bill to be paid by direct debit).
• By Post - (cheques are made payable to Bord Gáis).
• Designated Credit Union Budget Schemes
• Credit Transfer, Bank Giro and Standing Order via your bank
• Automatic Teller Machines (BOI Pass)
• Paying your account online with An Post's public utilities bill payment service
• Pay as You Use Card
• Through your local Post Office.

Licensed Gas Suppliers/Shippers currently supplying residential customers 

All gas supply customers have been free to choose any licensed supplier/shipper since 1st July 2007

Bord Gáis Energy Supply 

Foley Street 
Dublin 1 
Mr Joseph Walsh 
Title: Sales Manager 
Email: jwalsh@bge.ie 
Ph: 00 353 (0) 1 6026436 
Webpage: www.bordgaisenergysupply.ie

Flogas natural Gas Limited 

Dublin Road, 
Drogheda, 
Co. Louth 
Mr. Richard Martin 
Tel: 00 353 (0) 41 9831041 
Email: info@flogas.ie 
Web: www.flogas.ie

Licensed Gas Suppliers/Shippers currently supplying industrial & commercial customers 

All gas supply customers have been free to choose any licensed supplier/shipper since 1st July 2007

Bord Gáis Energy Supply 

Foley Street 
Dublin 1 
Mr Joseph Walsh 
Title: Sales Manager 
Email: jwalsh@bge.ie 
Ph: 00 353 (0) 1 6026436 
Webpage: www.bordgaisenergysupply.ie

Vayu Limited

5th Floor Concourse Building, 
Beacon Court, 
Sandyford, 
Dublin 18 
Mr. Tony Ennis 
Tel: 00 353 (0) 86 8522390 
Email: tony.ennis@vayu-group.com 
Email: info@vayu-group.com 
Web: www.vayu.ie 

Vayu is the management company for the Irish Energy Co-Operative (IEC)

Viridian Energy Limited

Energia 
Mill House 
Ashtowngate 
Navan Road 
Dublin 15 
Tel: + 353 (0)1 850 36 37 44 
Fax: + 353 (0)1 869 2050 
Email: sales@energia.ie 

Energia 
Unit 53 Penrose Wharf 
Penrose Quay 
Cork 
Tel: +353 (0) 21 4820916 
Fax: +353 (0) 21 4820921 
Email: sales@energia.ie

Energia 
Ballymanagh 
Craughwell 
Galway 
Tel: + 353 (0) 91 876 855 
Fax: + 353 (0) 91 876 856 
Email: sales@energia.ie 
Mr. Derek Russell 
Tel: +353 1 869 2000 

Recently Licensed Gas Suppliers/Shippers 

Gazprom Limited

Andrew Morris 
Gazprom Marketing and Trading Limited 
Gazprom House, 
60 Marina Place, 
Hampton Wick, 
Kingston upon Thames KT1 4BH 
United Kingdom 
andrew.morris@gazprom-mt.com 
http://www.gazprom-mt.com 
Phone 0044 20 8614 1312 
Fax 0044 20 8614 3054

Power & Gas Ventures Limited

Sabina Czyzowska-Rychter 
Damastown Way, 
Damastown Business Park, 
Dublin15 
Phone: 0044 77 95962344 
sczyzowska@cobragroup.com

SSE (Ireland) Limited

SSE Ireland Limited 
First Floor 
Fitzwilton House 
Wilton Place 
Dublin 
Ireland 
Phone: 00 353 (0) 1 6395211 
Managing Director: Mr. Kevin Greenhorn 
www.scottish-southern.co.uk 

Licensed Gas Suppliers/Shippers not currently seeking or targeting customers 

Aughinish Alumina Limited

Aughinish Island 
Askeaton 
Co. Limerick 
Tel: 00 353 (0) 61 604000 
Fax: 00 353 (0) 61 604242

Electricity Supply Board

ESB Power Generation 
27 Lower Fitzwilliam Street 
Dublin 2 
Mr. Brendan Barry 
Tel: 00 353 (0) 1 6765831 
Fax: 00 353 (0) 1 6615375 
Web: www.esb.ie 
Email: service@esb.ie

Telephone numbers: 

1850-372372: Calls from within the Republic of Ireland 

00 353-1-8529534: Calls from outside the Republic of Ireland 

1850-372707: ESB Minicom Service for hearing impaired customers with their own minicom equipment

Huntstown Power Company Limited 3rd Floor

3rd Floor Block A 
Ashtowngate 
Ashtown 
Dublin 15 
Mr. Tom Wilson 
Tel: 00 353 (0) 1 869 2000 
Fax: 00 353 (0) 1 869 2040

Manx Electricity Authority

P.O. Box 177 
Douglas 
Isle of Man 
IM99 1PS 
Paul Barnett 
Energy Analyst 
Manx Electricity 
Bun-ronseyder Bree 
Lectraghys Vannin 
Tel: 0044 1624 687650 
Email: mea@gov.im 
Web address: www.gov.im/mea/

Marathon Oil Ireland Limited

Mr. Kieron M. Carroll 
Business Development Manager 
Marathon Oil Ireland Limited 
Mahon Industrial Estate 
Blackrock 
Cork 
Phone 00 353 (0) 21 4357301 
www.marathonoil.com
kmcarroll@marathonoil.com

Marathon Oil UK Limited

Mr. Iain C. Grant 
Business Development Manager 
Marathon Oil UK Limited 
Capital House 
25 Chapel Street 
London NW1 5DQ 
U.K. 
www.marathonoil.com

RWE Trading (Ireland) Limited

Trigonos House 
Windmill Hill Business Park, 
Whitehill Way, 
Swindon, 
Wiltshire SN5 6PB, 
England 
Web: www.rwe.com

Statoil ASA

Statoil Ireland Limited 
Statoil House 
6 George’s Dock 
IFSC 
Dublin 1 
Tel: 00 353 (0) 1 6368100 
Fax: 00 353 (0) 1 8180100 
Web: www.statoil.ie

Statoil Gas (Hibernia) Limited

Statoil Ireland Limited 
Statoil House 
6 George’s Dock 
IFSC 
Dublin 1 
Tel: 00 353 (0) 1 6368100 
Fax: 00 353 (0) 1 8180100 
Web address: www.statoil.ie

Tynagh Energy Limited

The Crescent Building, 
Northwood Park, 
Santry, 
Dublin 9 
Tel: 00 353 (0) 1 8578700 
Fax: 00 353 (0) 1 8578701 
Email: info@tynaghenergy.ie 
Web: www.tynaghenergy.ie  

Bord Gáis

Bord Gáis website: www.bordgais.ie
Bord Gáis Networks (for new connections and siteworks): LoCall 1850200694
Sales LoCall: 1850 632 632
Customer Service LoCall: 1850 673 322
Customer Accounts LoCall: 1850 456 200 (Bill Enquiries, Final Accounts, Moving Home)
Appliance Servicing LoCall: 1850 427 427 (Maintenance and Repairs)

Emergency 24 Hour Service LoCall (Gas Escapes): 1850 205 050. In the interest of public safety, all emergency messages are recorded.

In the event that Bord Gáis representatives cannot gain access to read your meter, you can register the meter reading yourself using the Dial a Read LoCall: 1850 427 732.

Calling from overseas: + 353 1 819 0395