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Electricity Regulation (Climate Action and Connection to Distribution and Transmission Systems) Bill 2025
- Sponsor
- Ciarán Ahern · Labour Party
- Introduced
- 26 Nov 2025
- Last updated
- 27 Nov 2025
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Amends Electricity Regulation Act 1999 to allow the Commission for Regulation of Utilities to require connection applicants to take climate measures: emissions reduction, offsetting, or abatement.
- CRU can set different climate conditions for different applicant classes; applies only to connections with maximum capacity of 150kVA or above.
- Fills legal gap allowing CRU to mandate specific emissions measures (e.g. renewable energy use) as connection terms, supporting Ireland's climate neutrality target by 2050.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage34th Dáil26 Nov 2025
- Second Stage34th Dáil26 Nov 2025
Debates
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