Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy
Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities
2:00 am
Mr. Fergal Mulligan:
Again, in terms of network tariffs, which represent, as Dr. Harrington said earlier, about 25% or 33% of the bill, those network charges, when we are talking about an investment of €18 billion, are going up by about between €8 and €16 per annum, which is not much. That is being driven down by the extra demand we foresee over the next ten years. If that demand were not there but we still had to put in place all the poles and the network resilience, the price could be going up further. A downward pressure is being put on future prices by higher demand.
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