Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 July 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

ESB Networks: Commission for Regulation of Utilities

Dr. Paul McGowan:

We would typically take that sort of expertise in as and when required. When doing a price control and looking at a capital programme, we take on experts to advice us on that. Because we do not have, for example, powers to prosecute or investigate in environmental incidents and safety incidents in respect of the electricity network side, we typically would not have significant expertise in that area.