Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 February 2022
215. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the final draft of the renewable electricity support scheme terms and conditions will be published; the number of submissions that were made as part of the public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4294/22]
View answerMy Department is developing Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) auctions both for onshore and offshore renewables. The public consultation on the draft terms and conditions of the next onshore auction, RESS 2, received 61 submissions. Following consideration of these submissions, final terms and conditions for this auction were approved by Government and published on my Department's website last October.
A public consultation was also recently hosted by my Department on the draft terms and conditions for the first offshore wind-specific RESS auction, ORESS 1. This consultation received 156 submissions. These submissions are currently under review and my Department will issue a response shortly before seeking Government approval to final terms and conditions in Quarter 2 as per the timeline in the 2021 Climate Action Plan.
