Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 2 April 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Energy Plant Certification: Commission for the Regulation of Utilities
Dr. Paul McGowan:
It is not that we do not care. Rather, the process of economic assessment that we undergo does not consider whether the biomass is imported or indigenous but instead considers the import cost.
On our wider remit and the delivery of meeting targets, we are concerned about working towards those targets, along with all other relevant agencies. As we have indicated, a full HE CHP is a very valuable certificate to be awarded, due to the potential dispatch on the network and the potential access to funds. It is important, therefore, that any body that is certified as such can meet the requirements.
I will pass over to my colleagues to respond to the question on what we have learned.
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