Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 November 2021
198. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the clean export guarantee payment for exported renewable electricity will be in place in January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57176/21]
View answerThe pending introduction of a Clean Export Guarantee (CEG) tariff will represent the first phase of a comprehensive enabling framework for micro-generators in Ireland. This will allow them to receive remuneration from their electricity supplier for all excess renewable electricity exported to the grid, reflective of the market value of that electricity. The Commission for Regulation of Utilities published a consultation on a draft enabling framework on 1 October which outlined the details for the introduction of the CEG payment. I understand a decision is expected to be published in the coming weeks and a compensation regime expected to follow shortly afterwards.
The legal basis for the introduction of the CEG is dependent on the transposition of Articles 21 and 22 of the recast Renewable Energy Directive. My Department is engaging with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel on transposing these Articles into Irish law, and it is expected that this will be completed before year end.
