Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 29 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Energy Challenges: Discussion

Mr. Jim Gannon:

There is probably a grouping of advices and thoughts we have around the market itself, which is a state aid-approved market that is perhaps halfway or just over halfway into its state aid approval - it is there or thereabouts. Those are then parameters through which we can tweak changes we make within the regulatory framework.

In terms of national policy and national policy change, we follow national policy. We do not set it so in that regard, questions around the Energy Charter Treaty are best considered by those have entered into the treaty but also make policy and plan the long-term policy we follow as a regulatory function.

In terms of the market, I do not believe there are any parameters in place that would dictate where any of the primary fuels are sourced, be they oil, gas or coal. The single electricity market procures electricity as cost effectively as possible for the consumer and introduces competition in that regard but the-----

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