Fiona O'Malley (Dún Laoghaire, Progressive Democrats)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 310: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the scope that exists to review the workings of the Commission for Energy Regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34100/05]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context

The Commission for Energy Regulation, CER, was initially established and granted regulatory powers over the electricity market under the Electricity Regulation Act 1999. The enactment of the Gas (Interim) (Regulation) Act 2002 expanded the CERs jurisdiction to include regulation of the natural gas market. Certainty and independence are critical elements of sectoral regulation. While I intend to propose legislation allowing me to give policy directions of a general nature, as is already the case with other sectoral regulators, I have no other proposals to review the operations of the CER at present.