Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 December 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid

10:15 am

Mr. Fintan Slye:

As part of the reports on Grid Link, when we would have published it we would have published the need as articulated, and that would have been based on the information at that time. In terms of our projections of demand growth, every year we publish what is called the All Island Generation Capacity Statement, which contains our view on demand growth for the next ten years. The most recent one was published last January. There is another under development and it will be published in January. That contains our prediction of demand growth across the island. It is based on ESRI data, usually, with scenarios on high and low. That is publicly available information. We use the most up-to-date information to evaluate and re-evaluate projects through it. To the extent that we get better information either in terms of changes on the power system or changes in demand, we factor them in so we are sure that the projects remain robust and the best answer.

The second question, if I understood correctly, was about the analysis of different options that should be carried out and presented on Grid Link before we get to the stage of route corridors. I will ask my colleagues to discuss the analysis carried out on Grid Link and the assessment of the options that was published in the stage one report.

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