Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Effect of proposed withdrawal of the UK from the EU on the Irish Energy Market: Discussion.
5:00 pm
Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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My first question is about energy from renewable sources. Is it anticipated that the new targets for the period 2021 to 2030 would now need to be adjusted given that the withdrawal of the UK from the EU is imminent? With regard the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, ACER, is it anticipated that it will co-ordinate with the energy regulators in Northern Ireland if and when the UK leave the EU? This is particularly relevant given that both jurisdictions share a common single wholesale electricity market.