{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/6878cec00d2a218993bccd13?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Number of Households Behind in Energy Bills Jumps 86,000 in Just a Year, as Average of What Debtors Owe Revealed – 17/07/2025","description":"<p>The number of households behind on their energy bills has soared by 86,000 in the year to April, figures obtained by the <em>Irish</em></p><p><em>Independent</em> have confirmed.</p><p><br></p><p>The energy regulator has been accused of holding back the arrears figures after the release of the data for March and April was delayed for a number of months. March figures should have been issued in May.</p><p><br></p><p>But the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU) has denied there had been any political element to the delay in producing the arrears data.</p><p><br></p><p>Daragh Cassidy from Bonkers.ie spoke to us this morning on The Agenda to tell us more about this.</p>","author_name":"lmfm "}