Ms Aoife MacEvilly:

We do not have a specific number but we have seen, and EirGrid has indicated, that between large users and domestics, there is reduced consumption at peak hours. This is fantastic, not just because it helps us through difficult periods for security of supply but also because it sets out the vision for how we can leverage demand flexibility in a low-carbon system in the future. The ESB Networks, ESBN, Beat the Peak campaign was referred to. The ESBN is now looking at flexibility events in addition to tight-margin events. It wants to be able to say to people that it is not that it is a tight margin today but that there is very low wind so it is all really high carbon and asking people if they can move to another day. It is about encouraging that awareness among customers, getting them to ask themselves if it is a good time and informing them that, if they use appliances at different times, it will have a better impact for them and their pocket and the carbon emissions our energy system is emitting. All of that is in its infancy and we are seeing the first evidence coming through this winter, which is positive.