— the Public Service Obligation (PSO) levy in place for this year accounts for the entirety of the rise in electricity prices from 1st October, 2010, that the Government has decided to cover the full cost of the levy for those households in receipt of the free electricity allowance and that a significant number of domestic and business customers could reduce their electricity bills and more than offset this cost by availing of reductions offered in the competitive electricity market or by engaging in Government supported energy efficiency programmes;

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