Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities

Mr. Jim Gannon:

It is a combination of the factors I have outlined there. For the population we have; we are more dispersed. If we were a population in cities, we would need fewer wires than we currently need. Again, to get us to that point will require investment to facilitate our decarbonisation but after that period of investment, that is where we should have indigenous supply, be less exposed to the vagaries of international energy markets and be in a more secure and sustainable place economically, as well as from an environmental perspective.