Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities

Photo of Jennifer WhitmoreJennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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It will be on the bill, okay. On the commission's revenue allowance, as Dr. Kavanagh says the ESB must say each year how much money it is going to be taking in. Has the ESB accounted for the money forgone from the fact it had not been charging the data centre in Clonee for its electricity usage? It was reported in the media at the weekend that because of an error at the substation, the ESB had not been charging Meta for the electricity usage of its data centre in Clonee for an 18-month period. Is that something the commission is aware of?