Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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1645. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to provide the list of statutory undertakers under the Electricity (Supply) Act 1927 and any statutory instruments subsequent to the stated enactment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24668/16]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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Section 1 of the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1927 provides that “the expression “statutory undertaker” means any person authorised by any local or personal Act of the United Kingdom Parliament or any private Act of the Oireachtas or any Provisional or other Order made under statutory authority (whether before or after the establishment of Saorstát Eireann) to generate electricity for any purpose”.  All amendments made to the 1927 Act via Statutory Instrument are available on the Irish Statute Book website at the following link - .A list of statutory undertakers as defined by the 1927 Act has not been compiled. The names of the persons or bodies coming within the definition of “statutory undertaker” are not specified in the Act.  

The principal legislation governing the regulation of the Irish electricity markets is the Electricity Regulation Act, 1999. Section 14 of the 1999 Act sets out the rules relating to licences. In order to be built and/or to operate, a generation project must hold an Authorisation to Construct or Reconstruct a Generating Station and/or a Licence to Generate Electricity. The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) is responsible for assessing and for granting or refusing to grant these licences. A link to the list of all holders of Authorisations and Generation Licences is available on the CER website at the link below. This list is updated on a regular basis.