Written answers

Tuesday, 7 November 2023

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Electricity Generation

Photo of John Paul PhelanJohn Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when commercial customers generating electricity from solar panels will get paid for their surplus production that is currently been fed in to the grid free of charge, and subsequently being charged out to the same customer at full rate in the following days. [47672/23]

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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On the 15 February last year, I signed the Regulations that create an obligation on suppliers to offer the Clean Export Guarantee (CEG) tariff to new and existing micro-and small-scale generators so that they will receive payment for excess renewable electricity they export to the grid, reflective of the market value.

The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) published a decision on an interim enabling framework for the CEG which outlines the arrangements for the implementation of the CEG, including eligibility criteria and remuneration methodology. More information is available here: Clean Export Tariff - Commission for Regulation of Utilities (cru.ie)

The CRU provides a dedicated email address for Oireachtas members, which enables them to raise questions on such energy regulatory matters to CRU at oireachtas@cru.ie for timely direct reply.

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