Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 December 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection
Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion
Mr. Alan Rossiter:
On our statement of charges, we have a number of what we call standard charges. In the case of a one-off rural house or dwelling, it is a common, standard charge applied irrespective of where the residence is. That charge represents 50% of the cost of ESB Networks constructing that charge for the standard connection. What we define as a standard connection is a 12 kVA or 16 kVA supply. That is a standard cost, provided someone is within 500 m of our MV network. Anything over and above that 500 m has an additional charge per metre of the MV overhead line, or cable as it would be in that instance. It is 50% of the charge, up to 500 m, for those connections.
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