Electricity sector in Northern Ireland: follow-up
8 February 2018
The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee launches a short investigation to look at developments since the previous Committee's report on the electricity sector in Northern Ireland. Evidence sessions will be held to examine recent developments in the sector and build on work undertaken in the last Parliament.
Previous inquiry
In a report last year, the Committee warned of the grave risk of an energy deficit, and higher energy prices, in Northern Ireland if action wasn't taken to increase supply by building new power stations or improving interconnection with Ireland. The likely reduction of capacity at Kilroot and Ballylumford power stations raises further questions about the medium and long term energy strategy for Northern Ireland.
Terms of Reference
The Committee invites written evidence on the following developments:
- What are the positive and negative effects of the Integrated Single Energy Market (I-SEM)?
- What are the broader implications of the Kilroot and Ballylumford power station closings?
- What bureaucratic, legal, or infrastructure obstacles remain for the construction of the North-South Interconnector?
- How will the Republic of Ireland's proposed energy integration with the EU, through a Celtic Interconnector or other means, affect its energy integration with Northern Ireland?
- What are the implications of the prolonged state of the collapsed Executive and NI's pressing energy needs?
- What are the implications of the all-island energy market?
The deadline for written submissions is 23, February 2018.
- Send a written submission to the Electricity sector in Northern Ireland: follow-up
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