This morning, 22 February 2019, the Irish Government published the ‘Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019' ("Brexit Bill").

The European Commission approved, under EU State aid rules, an estimated €4.06 billion German measure to support the operation of four storage and regassification units...

Minister for the Economy, Dr. Caoimhe Archibald, has launched the Department for the Economy's Energy Strategy Action Plan 2025, detailing the path to net zero energy for 2025 (the "Action Plan").

The Commission committed to simplifying State aid rules by June 2025 to accelerate the roll-out of renewable energy, deploy industrial decarbonisation and ensure sufficient capacity of clean tech manufacturing.

The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) has just published a Policy Statement on the Framework for Ireland's Offshore Electricity Transmission System, following approval by Government of the framework in April 2021.

On 22 February 2021, the EU Commission published a consultation on an inception impact assessment roadmap (IIA Roadmap) for revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2010/31/EU.

As part of Fit for 55, a legislative package intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the EU by at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990, the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive...

The Commission proposed revisions to the Clean Energy Package to strengthen obligations around grid development, essential to energy transition.

The Commission has proposed to revise elements of the Clean Energy Package to support development of offshore wind, a sector in which Ireland aspires to reach 7GW of new generation capacity by 2030.

Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure is applicable in Ireland from 13 April 2024.

As these significant packages of EU legislation near finalisation, we look at latest progress.

The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) has published a decision paper on 26 September 2024 on the Electricity Connection Policy – Generation and System Services (ECP-GSS) (CRU/202401).

Further legislation to speed up energy transition and drive down emissions has been agreed. We last checked in on progress in April here and here. Developments since then leading to finalised instruments are set out below.

The CRU has published its decision paper on the grid access pathway for Phase 1 offshore wind projects that were unsuccessful in the ORESS 1 capacity auction concluded in June 2023.

The investment will be allocated between both network operators with ESB Networks and EirGrid to receive €1.5 billion and €2 billion respectively as Ireland's offshore and onshore capabilities...

The Government's January announcement of its Large Energy User Action Plan (LEAP) represents a step change in Ireland's approach to data centre delivery...

Ireland is implementing a new Building Energy Rating (BER) system from 24 May 2026, introducing zero emissions building categories and simplified certification scales.

Following consultation last year, the Irish Government's Policy Statement on the Framework for Ireland's Offshore Electricity Transmission System is now available.

Many developments over the last month likely to be of interest to the transport sector continue to relate to efforts to decarbonise the economy.

The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (“CRU“) has issued a decision to allow a single contracted Maximum Export Capacity (“MEC”)...