Gas supplier Firmus Energy has announced a reduction in prices across Northern Ireland.
Firmus said it will be reducing tariffs for customers in the Ten Towns Network area by 18.84%, and by 22.43% in the Greater Belfast Network area, from 1 April.
The Ten Towns Network area includes Antrim, Armagh, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Banbridge, Coleraine, Craigavon (including Lurgan and Portadown), Limavady, Derry, Newry, and more than 25 other towns and villages.
This is the second price reduction that Firmus has announced this year following a drop which applied from 1 January.
It follows a series of gas price increases in 2022 amid rises in wholesale gas prices after Russia reduced its gas flows via the key Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Europe by 80%.
The latest reduction announced by Firmus will reduce the average cost by £6.441 per week in Ten Towns and by £8.322 in Greater Belfast.
On an annual basis, it is estimated it will save customers £335 and £433, on average, respectively.
Firmus CEO Niall Martindale said they are able to reduce the prices due to market conditions.
"We previously committed to our customers that as soon as market conditions allowed us to lower our prices we would do so, and today we are pleased to confirm that for the second time this year prices will be further reduced from April 2023," he said.
"We recognise the wider cost-of-living challenges within the communities we serve, and at Firmus, we are working hard to make positive change for our 110,000 loyal and valued customers."
He added: "We continue to work with the UK government to ensure our customers are also benefiting from the EPG discount scheme.
"This scheme is anticipated to run until March 2024 and will continue to support customers using gas to heat their homes," he stated.
