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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Right2Water (21 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: ...meant people who waste water excessively. Mr. Ogle replied, "I am not opposed". Sean O'Rourke then asked him, "How would you do it?" Mr. Ogle said, "I think people who waste water, well the CER has been given the job of working out what the limits are, and I do believe we need to stop waste". We have since qualified and possibly quantified excessive use through district metering that...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Regulation (21 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: ...Commission has specific responsibilities for protecting the rights of consumers. Responsibility for the regulation of the natural gas market is a matter for the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER), which is an independent statutory body.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Role of Regulators and Compliance with European Law: Discussion (15 Feb 2017) See 2 other results from this debate

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: ...; Mr. Gerry Kiely and Mr. Jorge Rodríguez Romero; from the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Ms Laura Burke, Mr. Gerard O'Leary and Mr. David Flynn; from the Commission for Energy Regulation, CER, Dr. Paul McGowan, commissioner, and Ms Sheenagh Rooney; from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Ms Maria Graham and Mr. Pat Duggan. The legal adviser for Sinn...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Commission for Energy Regulation and Irish Water (14 Feb 2017) See 3 other results from this debate

Paudie Coffey: ...the expert commission advised that, where possible, a charge for excessive use beyond normal usage be introduced. The committee will require advice from the Commission for Energy Regulation, CER, on this issue. In the CER's view, how would this excess charge be implemented without meters? That is a critical and fundamental question the committee needs to have answered. With regard to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Irish Water (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) regulatory process sets the allowed revenue which covers both operational costs and the costs of funding the approved capital programme. The CER does not approve the particular sources of funding for the capital programme or the particular debt/equity mix. In the case of Irish Water, the capital programme is funded by a mix of funding from...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: ...receipt of water services provided by it. The Act also provides that responsibility for the independent economic regulation of the water sector is assigned to the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) and the CER has been given statutory responsibility for protecting the interests of customers. Any business connected to a public water supply is liable for charges as a non-domestic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017) See 1 other result from this debate

Paul Murphy: That is useful. I have a question for the CER because having come in we would not want to leave him with no questions having been asked. It is about the question of usage. We got a report, which I believe went up on the documents page yesterday, which is beginning to examine the question of excessive usage, which is key from the point of view of the committee. A fundamental starting point...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Energy Prices (7 Feb 2017)

Michael Noonan: ...function in the monitoring or setting of gas or electricity prices. Responsibility for the regulation of the electricity and gas markets is a matter for the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER), which is an independent statutory body. However, my Department does monitor and advise on all developments that can impact on the economy, including oil price movements. By January of this...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Regulation (7 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: Responsibility for the regulation of the electricity and the natural gas markets is a matter for the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) which is an independent statutory body. Pay As You Go meters are offered free of charge to energy consumers experiencing financial difficulty. Since their introduction in 2011, more than 180,000 electricity and gas PAYG meters have been distributed....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Commencement of Legislation (2 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: ...in existing penalty provisions, including penalties in relation to REMIT. Other provisions relate to the change in the name of the Commission for Energy Regulation, the publication of a strategy statement by the CER every three years and the repeal of redundant legislation. The Act also provides for a revised wider definition of the existing Single Electricity Market (SEM) in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Gas Networks Ireland (2 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: ...Connections Policy, most recently revised in 2015, set out its policy on the connection of all loads to the transmission and distribution gas networks. The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) is statutorily responsible for all aspects of the assessment and licensing of prospective operators who wish to develop and/or operate a gas distribution system within the State under...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (1 Feb 2017) See 13 other results from this debate

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: ...Mr. Keith Hyland of the Public Water Forum. I also welcome Mr. Jerry Grant, who is here on behalf of Irish Water. Mr. Paul McGowan and Ms Sheenagh Rooney of the Commission for Energy Regulation, CER, are also present and might be able to assist the committee on matters arising in the course of this afternoon's discussion. I invite Professor Collins to make a brief presentation.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Applications (31 Jan 2017)

Denis Naughten: ...grid. The overall cost of renewable energy supports is funded through the Public Service Obligation (PSO) levy and published in the annual PSO decision by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER).  The PSO levy is charged to all electricity customers in Ireland. The CER’s role is to calculate the annual PSO levy and help ensure that the scheme is administered appropriately....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Natural Gas Grid (24 Jan 2017)

Denis Naughten: ...the consumption of gas and the associated network charges. In this regard, the 2015 Energy White Paper underlined that new infrastructure proposals will continue to be assessed through robust analysis. The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) is statutorily responsible for assessing and approving the GNI Connections Policy, and it concluded its last such approval process...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and Department of Finance (18 Jan 2017) See 4 other results from this debate

...plan projection to €239 million. I want to turn to comparisons between the operational expenditure under both models. The Irish Water business plan forecasts efficiencies in operational expenditure of €1.1 billion over the period to 2021, and these will be subject to scrutiny and challenge by the CER. As a consequence, the operational costs, excluding financing costs, will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Gas Networks Ireland (18 Jan 2017)

Denis Naughten: ...Gas Networks Ireland holds both Asset Owner and Asset Operator Licences for the Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution networks. These licences are granted by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER), the independent energy regulator. Gas Networks Ireland’s obligations under the licences are extensive and include responsibility, inter alia, for ensuring overall standards and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Usage (18 Jan 2017) See 1 other result from this answer

Clare Daly: 232. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has satisfied himself that the ESB is in compliance with EU Directive 2004/ 22/EC and CER/13/281 (details supplied) in view of information that emerged at the end of December 2016 that 27,000 meters maintained by the ESB contained a fault thought to be caused by deterioration in one of the components which causes...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (17 Jan 2017)

Denis Naughten: ...onshore wind. The overall cost of renewable energy supports, funded through the Public Service Obligation (PSO) levy, is published in the annual PSO decision by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER). The information published by the CER is not broken down by technology. However, to date, wind has proved to be the most cost-effective renewable energy technology in the electricity...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017) See 11 other results from this debate

Dr. Paul McGowan: I am very pleased to be here and I thank the committee for the invitation. I am one of the three commissioners with the Commission for Energy Regulation, CER. I am accompanied by Ms Sheenagh Rooney, director of operations for water at the commission. We will make the presentation together. We want to briefly present to the committee on the CER and its role in regulating...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: State Bodies (16 Dec 2016)

Denis Naughten: ...Post 15 3 10 23 77 Commission for Communication Regulation (ComReg) 3 0 3 0 100 Digital Hub Development Agency (DHDA) 14 2 6 25 75 Bord na Móna (BnM) 12 2 10 17 83 Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) 3 1 2 33 67 EirGrid 10 2 4 33 67 ESB 12 4 8 33 67 Irish National Petroleum Corporation Ltd (INPC) 3 0 3 0 100 National Oil Reserves Agency (NORA) 6 0 5 0 100 Sustainable...