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:
Mr. Melvin may come in on some of the work we have already done. Within the capacity market, we do not just buy gas-fired power stations, although the focus is very much on such stations at the moment from a security of supply point of view. We also buy batteries and demand-side units. While getting this new capacity, this new infrastructure and these new services into the market, we are also working on how to optimise their use to avoid using gas-fired generation.