Ireland's utility regulator has no power to stop standing charges or huge district heating bills and won't cap unit prices, they told an Oireachtas committee.
Customers who don’t pay their energy bills can’t be cut off by suppliers from December 1 to February 28, say the Commission for Regulation of Utilities. Those considered vulnerable because of medical or health needs will be protected by a further moratorium on disconnections from October to March.
The measures were among a range of energy crisis initiatives they told the Environment and Climate Action committee about on Tuesday.
