Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The purpose of this amendment is to insert a new provision into the 1999 Act. This provision will enable the CER - the regulator - to specify in the licence to supply electricity such standards of performance and quality in connection with the supply of electricity to final customers as the CER determines ought to be achieved by the licence holder. The provision places a statutory obligation on the licence holder to achieve and comply with the standards of performance as specified by the commission in the licence. A failure to comply with such standards now comes under the definition of improper conduct.