Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 31 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities

Ms Aoife MacEvilly:

It was not just theoretical. Through the application of the percentage, domestic bills were being charged more than we had directed. The benefit of that did not go to ESB Networks; it went to larger energy users. Having identified that, in March last year we decided that money will be paid back to domestic customers. The only question now is the final reconciliation that Ms Kavanagh mentioned and how we will reverse that in addition to-----