Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 September 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities

Ms Aoife MacEvilly:

That is the reality for smart meters. It is opt-in. The provision of data is opt-in. Ms Trant will talk about the improvements we are making to data accessibility for customers with smart meters. We are at the start but measures are already in place which we will leverage more to bring this to the forefront of planning. The new EU regulation that I have mentioned calls out the need not just to do more but also mandatory proposals for overall demand reduction, demand reduction at peak and at times of system stress. We consulted on these kinds of measures for our network tariff proposals. Those propose a different approach to how we incentivise that activity. We are reviewing them in light of the EU proposals. Those are the objectives and goals. Does Mr. Melvin want to address demand-side units?