Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities

Ms Aoife MacEvilly:

We would always be happy to come in and discuss what we have found, in particular any steps we might be taking to prevent future recurrence.

I would make a point on the tariffing timetable.

If we had a very different view of how the money should be refunded to customers, for example, it would probably be too late at that point. The strong sense we got from discussions up to now is that the committee wants this money returned to domestic customers as quickly as possible. As Dr. Kavanagh said, we have taken on board that the money would be returned over the course of a year through the network charges rather than over a longer time period. Beyond that, if the committee has any other views at this point, we would be very open to hearing them.