Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 September 2023
114. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline the details of those companies who are obligated entities in terms of energy savings; the extent of the obligation in each case; the opportunities for charitable bodies to seek support from such bodies to improve their energy consumption; and whether each entity has published contact details for those who wish to participate. [41395/23]
View answerThe Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme (EEOS) places a legal requirement on certain energy companies (known as "obligated parties") that operate in the liquid fuel, solid fuel, natural gas and electricity sectors in Ireland to deliver energy savings by supporting homes, businesses and other organisations to implement energy efficiency improvement measures. Only energy companies with sales above a threshold of 400GWh are obligated.
Each obligated party is set a specific target in accordance with the provisions of the European Union (Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme) Regulations 2022 (Statutory Instrument 522 of 2022.) EEOS has been designed to meet 60% of Ireland's energy efficiency target for 2030 under Article 7 of the 2018 EU Energy Efficiency Directive amounting to 36,424 GWh cumulative end-use energy savings. Individual obligated party targets are not published - the target assigned to an individual obligated party relates to their share of the total eligible sales (as calculated in accordance with the Regulations.)
I recently issued Energy Efficiency Notices under SI 522 of 2022 to the following 17 energy companies setting out their annual targets under the EEOS for 2023-2030
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1. |
Bord Gáis Energy Limited |
10. |
Irving Oil Whitegate Refinery Limited |
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2. |
Bord na Móna Energy Limited |
11. |
LCC Group Limited |
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3. |
Calor Teoranta |
12. |
Orsted Ireland Green Energy Limited |
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4. |
Circle K Ireland Energy Limited |
13. |
PrepayPower Limited |
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5. |
Energia Customer Solutions Limited |
14. |
SSE Airtricity Limited |
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6. |
ESB Independent Energy Limited |
15. |
Stafford Fuels Limited |
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7. |
Flogas Ireland Limited |
16. |
Tedcastles Oil Products Unlimited Company |
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8. |
Homefire Ireland Limited |
17. |
Valero Energy (Ireland) Limited |
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9. |
Inver Energy Limited |
In meeting their annual target, obligated parties must meet 3 sub-targets - at least 10% of the target must be met in the residential sector, at least 5% in energy efficiency improvements for those in energy poverty and the remaining 85% is "cross-sector." To achieve cross-sector energy credits towards their targets by delivering energy efficiency improvement measures, the works undertaken by the obligated party must result in verifiable energy efficiency improvements in a building, transport or a manufacturing process and the obligated party must have been material to the implementation of the measures.
Any organisation, including charitable bodies, seeking support from an obligated party should contact the obligated party to ascertain their interest in participating in a project and that the scheme criteria would be met, in advance of undertaking works. Some obligated parties may have contact information on their websites. The scheme is administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) who host information on the scheme (including contact details for obligated parties) on their website and who can confirm up-to-date contact details for obligated parties, where required. The SEAI team can be contacted at eeos@seai.ie.
