Mr. Peter O'Shea:

The four issues are listed at the back of the submission. The biggest two issues are being able to measure the output, and ESB Networks will provide meters as and when they are required for microgenerators, and ensure that the outputs from those meters can be integrated into the business processes, which is determined by a number of different bodies including the CRU, the Department, EirGrid, and ESB Networks. We have to ensure that framework is in place so that it can be scaled up. If the Deputy recalls the previous session we had here back in September, the difficulty we now face is that if electricity is exported from a microgenerator it results in a reduction in the technical losses on the network rather than providing value to any individual supplier. We need to make sure that all the regulations in that space are joined up in order to give effect to that measure.