Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 July 2021
199. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the extent to which the electricity demand, current and projected has been factored into critical infrastructure planning; the assessments and reports that have been prepared and published in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37379/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraSection 38 of the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 provides that the transmission system operator (i.e. Eirgrid) shall prepare, inter alia, a forecast for the demand for electricity, which Eirgrid publish as the 'All-Island Generation Capacity Statement'. The section also provides that the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) may direct the TSO to prepare such forecasts from time to time. Part 10 of SI 60/2005 similarly provides for publication on forecast information by Eirgrid. As CRU is an independent regulatory authority and Eirgrid is the independent transmission system operator I have no function in relation to the matter referred to by the Deputy.
