Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 October 2022
196. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the procedures that ESB Networks has in place for distributing details of clean-export guarantee eligibility to each energy provider in respect of NC6 submitters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50131/22]
Amharc ar fhreagra197. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide weekly figures for the number of NC6 forms that have been received to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50132/22]
Amharc ar fhreagra198. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide weekly figures for the number of confirmations of clean-export guarantee eligibility that have been issued to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50133/22]
Amharc ar fhreagra199. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of staff that ESB Networks has assigned to NC6 processing and issuing clean-export guarantee eligibility to providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50134/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 196, 197, 198 and 199 together.
The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU), which is accountable to a committee of the Oireachtas and not to me as Minister; has responsibility for the operation of the Clean Export Guarantee (CEG). In December 2021, the CRU published a Decision on an interim enabling framework for the CEG which outlines the arrangements for its implementation, including eligibility criteria and remuneration methodology.
As part of this, a renewables self consumer must have installed microgeneration and must have informed ESB Networks of their intention to install microgeneration via a declaration using the NC6 or equivalent form. Full details are available at www.cru.ie.
ESB Networks’ role is to notify the registered supplier that there is a registered export capability at the customers meter point and to provide the meter readings to the supply company. The customer should then engage with their supply company in order to obtain more information relating to export payments through the clean export guarantee.
Once a valid NC6 Form is processed, this triggers a ‘market message’ to the registered supplier for that MPRN, informing the supplier that there is export capability at that site.
Between 4 January 2022 and 5 October 2022, ESB Networks received 11,461 NC6 application forms.
ESB Networks automated the processing of NC6 applications by implementing Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in October 2021 and this has reduced the manual effort involved in processing NC6 forms.
There are dedicated resources in place to manage the NC6 process including managerial and technical support to resolve any queries. I understand that there is currently no backlog in registering NC6 customer applications.
