Airtricity is to begin supplying customers in the domestic electricity market in Northern Ireland, creating 75 full time jobs to support the move.
The new jobs will be in sales, customer service, billing and support roles.
Airtricity, which already offers services to businesses in Northern Ireland, is offering discounts of up to 14 per cent on NIE Energy bills - about £95 every year.
“Airtricity’s entry into Northern Ireland’s residential electricity supply market is fantastic news for the consumer – consumers want competition as it will not only drive down their energy costs but it will also provide families across Northern Ireland with the real choice and real savings in their electricity supply that they have been anticipating for so long," said managing director Kevin Greenhorn.
The Northern Irish market was opened to competition in 2007.
The latest news follows AIrtricity's announcement that it would be entering the gas market in Ireland.
