Brian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein)
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680. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the performance output of energy generated by Mount Lucas wind farm, County Offaly. [36876/16]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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The Single Electricity Market (SEM) is the wholesale electricity market for the island of Ireland since 2007. The Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Single Electricity Market) Act, 2007 provides the legal framework for the establishment, operation and regulation of the SEM. The market is designed to provide for the least cost source of electricity generation to meet customer demand at any one time across the island, while also maximising the long-term sustainability and reliability of the market. The SEM is regulated by the SEM Committee while the operation and administration of the SEM is managed by the Single Electricity Market Operator. The Single Electricity Market Operator (SEMO) is a joint venture between the transmission system operator for Ireland, EirGrid plc., and the System Operator for Northern Ireland Limited, (SONI). SEMO is licensed and regulated by the Commission for Energy Regulation in Ireland and its counterpart in Northern Ireland, the Utility Regulator. I have no function in the day-to-day operational matters of the CER, of the SEM Operator or of the SEM Committee.

Data in regard to the generation of electricity by wind on an individual wind farm basis is made publicly available on the website of the Single Electricity Market Operator through a log in facility at the following link  www.sem-o.com, but should the Deputy have a specific query, for example relating to a particular period or time, the Single Electricity Market Operator has advised me that it would be happy to assist the Deputy should he contact it directly.