Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way to obtain payment for electricity supplied to the National Grid as a result of installation of solar panels at a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54149/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The introduction of a Clean Export Guarantee (CEG) tariff will represent the first phase of a comprehensive enabling framework for micro-and small-scale generators in Ireland. This will allow them to receive remuneration from their electricity supplier for all excess renewable electricity exported to the grid, reflective of the market value of that electricity.

The CEG will be available to all renewables self-consumers later this year, subject to regulatory arrangements and the transposition of Articles 21 and 22 of the recast Renewable Energy Directive. My Department is engaging with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel on transposing these Articles into Irish law, and it is expected that this will be completed before year end.

The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) published a consultation on a draft enabling framework on 1 October which outlined the details for the introduction of the CEG payment. The consultation is now closed and I understand a decision is expected to be published this month and a compensation regime expected to follow shortly afterwards.

The final eligibility criteria will be outlined as part of the CRU's decision on the CEG enabling framework. It is expected that these criteria will include having notified ESB Networks via the relevant notification form that the consumer has installed micro-generation and an export connection from ESB Networks.

Where the customer's meter type is eligible for upgrade under the National Smart Metering Programme (NSMP), a smart meter must be installed. Where a customer's eligible meter type has not yet been upgraded under the NSMP, the CRU proposes that a deemed or estimated export calculation will apply.