Click Energy is set to increase its electricity tariff by 9.5% and Share Energy will increase its electricity tariff by 26.4%, with both increases effective from 1 April 2026, according to the Consumer Council1. The two suppliers operate in Northern Ireland, where the Consumer Council publishes announcements of tariff changes as they are made1.
The announcement was dated 11 March 2026 on the Consumer Council's sector news listing1. The same page carries a separate entry, dated 5 March 2026, recording that firmus energy reduced its regulated gas tariffs by 10.10% for domestic and small business customers in the Ten Towns gas network areas, also effective from 1 April 20261. The two electricity increases and the gas reduction therefore take effect on the same date.
The Consumer Council's announcement does not state the number of customers affected by either increase, nor the effect on an annual bill in pounds for a typical household on either tariff1. Those figures have not been reported. For comparison, the same listing gives annual bill effects for other Northern Ireland suppliers: Budget Energy's 9.5% variable tariff increase from 4 August 2026 will add around £122 a year, and SSE Airtricity's 6.2% electricity increase from 1 August 2026 will add around £76 a year1. No equivalent cash figure is given for Click Energy or Share Energy1.
The Consumer Council's page also carries a later entry, dated 9 September 2026, stating that Share Energy's standard 24 hour electricity tariff will increase by 12.6% from 1 October 20261. That is a separate, later change from the 26.4% increase effective 1 April 2026, and the two should not be read as the same announcement1.
"Click Energy is set to increase its electricity tariff by 9.5% and Share Energy will increase their electricity tariff by 26.4%, both increases are effective from 1 April 2026."
Why it matters for households
For a household on either tariff, the unit rate paid for every kilowatt hour of electricity rises from 1 April 2026, so the cost of the same consumption goes up unless usage falls. A 26.4% increase is a large single step: on an unchanged bill it would add roughly a quarter to the electricity element, though the Consumer Council has not published a cash figure for Share Energy customers1. The 9.5% increase at Click Energy matches, in percentage terms, the increase announced separately for Budget Energy from 4 August 20261.
Energy independence at household level rests on how much of a home's consumption it controls and how exposed its supplier tariff leaves it. A rise in the unit rate increases the value of reducing consumption, and of any generation the home owns, because each unit no longer bought is a unit not paid for at the higher rate. The UK energy tariffs guide sets out how unit rates, standing charges and export rates combine, and comparing energy tariffs explains how annual costs and projections are worked out. Supplier-specific detail sits under Click Energy and the wider suppliers hub.
What happens next
Both increases take effect from 1 April 20261. The Consumer Council has not reported any further change for either supplier on that date beyond the percentages given1.
Sources1 cited
- The Consumer Rights Act 2015 | Consumer Council, consumercouncil.org.uk