Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Future Licences and Contracts to Connect Data Centres to the Gas Network: Discussion

Mr. John Melvin:

EirGrid published its winter outlook approximately three or four weeks ago. That winter outlook compared to the winter outlook last year. Last year, we attended this committee along with EirGrid. The winter outlook expresses risks regarding the adequacy of the electricity system using a figure called “loss of load expectations”. The loss of load expectation that was recorded for last winter was in the fifties and the loss of load expectation recorded for the forthcoming winter was broadly half of that figure. In terms of that measure of risk, this winter was measured by EirGrid-----

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