Mr. Nicholas Tarrant:

The growth of renewables gives not only a renewable source of electricity but also more cost certainty because of auction pricing.

If we take the competing demands, which is one of the elements of Deputy Cronin's question on the various demands for electricity infrastructure, not only is there demand for growth in the likes of renewables to consume more electricity by consumers but the infrastructure is also key. If we are to continue the growth of EV charging, businesses looking to decarbonise, housing with electric heat pumps and EV charging capacity and, in general, wider growth electrification of transport, whether it be for the bus network, the extension of DART+ or MetroLink, there is considerable growth in the electricity network and this is where we need to continue to invest. Our role is to do this in an efficient way to give best value to customers and to deliver the outputs that customers need in terms of this infrastructure.