Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 January 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion

Dr. Liam Ryan:

What we are saying there is we are looking at planning the power system to meet that demand. The demand is being met by the generator itself; it is not being met by EirGrid building out the system to meet the demand. That is where the direction came from. The CRU respected the challenge, as Mr. Foley outlined, with regard to the carbon issue associated. The GCS does not talk about the carbon element rather it talks about the adequacy of getting the right generation to meet the demand we have, which complements the renewables we have coming onto the system as well.