Mr. Alan Rossiter:

We introduced mini-generation in the late stages of 2021 on a pilot basis. It is still in a pilot phase to allow the industry and the ESB to put in place an appropriate mechanism to roll out a project on a mass scale. Two years in, we have good experience, as has the industry.

Committee members can see in the appendix to the opening statement that we have received over 2,400 applications and just short of 1,800 of them have come out the other side. Approximately 600 are within the pipeline, of which 400 are waiting to be processed and waiting for further customer information. Some 200 of them are with our dedicated design team, who are processing the technical parameters to get them connected and issued out.

It is worth noting that the project started as a pilot and applications have increased by over 100% in the past 12 months. That means we have had to deploy additional dedicated resources to keep pace. We are planning to put in more resources because we anticipate the project will grow by 20% to 30% per year to 2030. I am happy to take any other questions in that regard.