Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 August 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Energy Supply and Security: Discussion

Mr. Rodney Doyle:

No. The other measures that Mr. Gannon referred to will, namely, the demand-side management and the optimisation of batteries. Then there are the other measures we undertake and that we would have undertaken when we discussed this with the committee last year, which involve the key impacts when we have shortages because the wind does not blow, which are the trading activities we undertake with our colleagues in Great Britain, whom we speak to every winter and right through the year in advance of the winter to come about their planned availability and their situation.

The Deputy also asked about the GCS and whether it is live or relevant. That is produced on an annual basis looking ten years in advance. It will look at this winter. Our control centre runs 365 days, and 24-7, looking at the issues that arise on the system. The women and men in the control centre are there every day throughout the winter looking at the issue because generators will come and go on a particular day.

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