Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 January 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion

Mr. Mark Foley:

EirGrid does not create 1 MW of demand. The Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, produces the economic growth and population growth figures. Government policy produces electrification plans for heat and transport and large energy users are a product of Government policy. We simply report the numbers and our job as a licensed TSO and a statutory authority is to get prepared for that and not have the power system fall over because we did not predict it or did not do our job. We are just reporting it.