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Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Standing Charges) Bill 2026
- Sponsor
- Darren O'Rourke · Sinn Féin
- Introduced
- 6 Mar 2026
- Last updated
- 6 Mar 2026
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Amends Electricity Regulation Act 1999 to give CRU legal power to monitor and regulate standing charges on electricity and gas bills.
- Requires utility companies to seek CRU approval before increasing standing charges and limits them to covering fixed connection costs only.
- Empowers CRU to investigate suppliers using standing charges to boost profits and order excessive rates reduced to cost-recovery levels.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- Second Stage34th Dáil5 Mar 2026
- First Stage34th Dáil6 Mar 2026
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