A Clare Government Senator is questioning why the State’s electricity grid operator didn’t ‘raise a red flag’ about energy supply concerns sooner.
It comes as Eirgrid, the Department of the Environment and the Commission for Regulation for Utilities are to appear before an Oireachtas committee today to discuss potential winter blackouts.
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Eirgrid has labelled the CRU’s Capacity Remuneration Mechanism as “a failure” and “not fit for purpose” ahead of the meeting.
Mountshannon-based Fianna Fail Senator Timmy Dooley, who sits on the committee, says concern about the regulator should have been raised well before now.
Listen to the full interview here:
