Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The scheme to which the Deputy refers was provided by Electric Ireland, which had been offering a micro-generation feed-in pilot since February 2009. It is true that on 31 December 2014, that pilot scheme was closed to new customers, although the scheme will remain open to existing Electric Ireland customers until 31 December 2015. No other supplier had chosen to provide such a tariff either to domestic or commercial customers, although they had been invited to do so by the regulator. The Department is not aware of the reasons for the decision to discontinue the scheme, which would have been a commercial call by Electric Ireland.

Responsibility for the regulation of the electricity and gas markets is a matter for the Commission for Energy Regulation, CER, which is an independent statutory body.

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