Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 31 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities

Photo of Alice-Mary HigginsAlice-Mary Higgins (Independent)
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Yes. Is it not essential that the standard charges be addressed? Otherwise, the benefits from schemes will be reduced significantly.

We have heard a great deal about the advertising of smart meters and my other question related to people who wanted to remove a smart meter. What are their options? That standing charges can increase in an unregulated way is undermining the uptake of smart meters and reducing their benefit.