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:

We will be reflecting first on the new Government statement on data centres because that implements or introduces some different concepts or approaches. We will be reflecting on that and we will be engaging with the system operators on that. This will include, as I think one of the Senators referenced, the gas side of the of the equation as well. We will reflect on that and we also get updated reports on a regular basis - I think quarterly - from EirGrid and ESB networks on the implementation of the new approach. Can Ms Trant remind me whether we signalled that there would be a review on that in any case?