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Cost of living: Warning to households about €125 electricity credit payment date

by · RSVP Live

Households are being warned about the payment date of the €125 electricity credit.

The government announced two energy credits as part of Budget 2025, with the first one to be paid from the 1st of November.

However, the date you see the credit applied to your bills may vary, and you may not see the benefit this month.

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The date you got your credit depends on the date that your supplier normally sends you your bill. The credit may not appear on your first bill during these payment periods, this depends on your individual billing cycle. Suppliers have information on their websites with the exact dates the credit is shown on customers’ bills.

The first payment will be made between 1 November and 31 December 2024. The second credit will be made between 1 January and 28 February 2025. The payment is automatic, and you do not need to apply for it.

If you have a prepay meter, you will still get the credit - it will be sent to you in the form of a top-up code from your energy supplier. Those with prepay meters should see the credit sent to them during November, as they won't have to wait for billing cycles.

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You are eligible for the credit if you meet all these criteria:

  • You are registered as either an urban domestic customer (classified as DG1) or a rural domestic customer (classified as DG2)
  • You are registered with an electricity supplier in the Republic of Ireland and have a unique Meter Point Registration Number (MPRN) – you can find this number on your bill
  • You do not have a low usage electricity account

The low usage threshold is where you use less than 150kWh (kilowatt-hour) of energy a quarter between 1 September 2023 and 31 August 2024.

The low usage threshold does not apply in the following cases:

  • You are on, or are entitled to be on, the vulnerable customer register
  • You have a hardship PAYG meter
  • You have a microgeneration account
  • Your supplier is satisfied that the MPRN address is the account holder’s primary residence (their main home)