Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 August 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Energy Supply and Security: Discussion

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Even in a crisis, you try to do what you said you would. What we have heard here today is important. We will talk to every operator, including the operators of that 500 MW of demand-response capacity, to see if we can manage and be flexible, which is also part of delivering the 15% reduction. Everyone has to be involved in this because those businesses and many others are going to have real difficulty with prices being so high. It is in their interest for demand to be managed and for there to be flexibility.

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