Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 March 2025
163. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to specify the work his Department commissioned an organisation (details supplied) to undertake on energy security; to report on the work that was carried out in 2024 following the conclusion of Gas Networks Ireland’s process; if the conclusions will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11195/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department engaged CEPA (Cambridge Economic Policy Associates Ltd) in December 2024 to update their previous modelling which informed the Energy Security Package in 2023.
The aim of this additional modelling is to update the analysis of security of supply in Ireland’s electricity and natural gas systems in 2035 and 2040, using the latest available data (previous analysis covered the period up to 2030) and assess Ireland's ability to meet the N-1 infrastructure standard for gas with and without additional mitigations into the next decade.
My Department intends to publish both the Gas Networks Ireland preliminary business case proposals and the updated CEPA modelling in due course.
