Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
FOI Requests — 300 records (page 2 of 6)
- Received 24 April 2025Decided 22 May 2025Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
The minutes of the commission on December 13 2024 decided: a. Large Energy User Connection Policy Review: Following review and discussion of draft LEU paper, the Commission agreed overall direction and content of the Decision. Some further amendments and final legal review are required after which the final paper is to be brought back to the Commission for approval in early January 2025. b. Communications Strategy: The Commission noted the overall approach presented in relation to communications planning for the decision. I would like to request the records relating to the decision including any records submitted for discussion at the meeting, such as any draft of the proposed decision (e.g. the " draft LEU paper" mentioned). Also include records relating to the communications strategy.
- Received 6 March 2025Decided 14 May 2025RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Seeking the following 1) High- level documents and high-level correspondence between the Directors of CRU., and the Commissioners of CRU, which relate to all legal reviews or legal analysis produced for, or carried by, the CRU, regarding applicability or implications of of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act, and the CRU's compliance obligations under the Act, as part of the preparation of a new Electricity Connection Policy for Data Centres, between the period of March 2024 and March 2025 inclusive. 2) High-level documents and correspondence received or sent by the Directors and Commissioners of CRU in relation to application or implications of section 9 of the Electricity Regulation Act 1999, between the period of March 2024 and March 2025 inclusive, as part of the preparation of a new Electricity Connection Policy for Data Centres.
- Received 23 April 2025Decided 14 May 2025RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting all emails, correspondence, memos, briefings and meeting notes sent about illegal gas works investigations at companies in Ireland so far in 2025
- Received 3 April 2025Decided 1 May 2025Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting records that relate to both Castlebaggot and the hinderance of developing housing projects by data centres. These records could include briefing notes, or correspondence with ESBN.
- Received 24 March 2025Decided 17 April 2025GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting the CRU's submission to the EU Energy Security Architecture Fitness Check which was supposed to be submitted in November 2024
- Received 3 March 2025Decided 31 March 2025Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting a copy of any correspondence between the CRU and its line department with regard to the draft policy referenced in the following article: https://www.rte.ie/news/ business/2025/0218/1497295- data-centres-carbon-emissions/
- Received 28 January 2025Decided 30 March 2025Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
5) any external communications, including material attached thereto, relating to Pure’s engagement with the CRU and the Section 37 Application between CRU personnel and any third party; 6) records, from 10 December 2015 (being the date of the enactment of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015) up to the date of compliance with this request, of any material, including memoranda, reports, proposals, notes, communications or meetings (including minutes thereof) relating to any engagement by CRU (internally or with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications) on the formulation of a Private Wires Policy Framework; 7) records held by the CRU in respect of direct lines and / or private wires operating in Ireland currently, regardless of whether the operator has applied for or been granted consent under Section 37 of the ERA in respect of the direct line and/ or private wire.
- Received 12 March 2025Decided 24 March 2025RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting access to the dataset containing all electricity and gas offers that the CRU approves on a regular basis in its formal role of market regulator.
- Received 28 January 2025Decided 20 March 2025Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Under FOI 2014 we hereby request that you provide us with all records which are held by, or on behalf of the CRU, in relation to our client's engagement with the CRU and its Section 37 Application, and any consideration thereof by the CRU. The requested information includes, but is not limited to: 1) All material, to include any internal documents, reports, notes or memoranda, generated relating to Pure’s engagement with the CRU and/ or the Section 37 Application; 2) all internal communications relating to Pure’s engagement with the CRU and/ or the Section 37 Application circulated among CRU personnel, including all written correspondence, emails (and attachments therein) and minutes of any meetings held; 3) all materials or correspondence relating to the preparation of any briefing document pertaining to Pure’s engagement with the CRU and the Section 37 Application intended for the consideration of the CRU commissioners or any such briefing document produced; 4) any communications, including material attached thereto, to or from the CRU commissioners or the CRU legal team relating to the Section 37 Application;
- Received 17 December 2024Decided 20 January 2025Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting any correspondence between the CRU and the minister for the environment's office over 2024 to date
- Received 18 December 2024Decided 17 January 2025Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
4) Copies of all correspondence, emails, letters sent to and received from ESB Networks DAC in the past two months.
- Received —Decided 9 January 2025Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
- Received 29 November 2024Decided 20 December 2024RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting a copy of any investigation reports (or other similar records) arising from the complaint or request referenced in the following newspaper article: https://www.irishexaminer.com/ news/munster/arid-41326522.html
- Received 18 October 2024Decided 29 November 2024Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting access to the following records which are non-personal and which I believe are held by the CRU: A record of documents provided to/reviewed by HR Wallingford and its partners PJM Economics, instructed by the CRU, in preparation of a report on Uisce Éireann’s preliminary business case for the Water Supply Project (WSP - a proposal to pipe water from the River Shannon to Dublin). These include: 2) Uisce Éireann RWRP study, Area 9 – Greater Dublin Area, combination 1 supplementary report, dated May 2023; 2) Uisce Éireann responses to CRU email on sensitivity analysis, dated between May 4, 2023 and May 18, 2023; 3) Dublin Region Demand Report; 4) A technical annex provided, titled “16_085_SPEC_Section3ERDB_ v2.04.pdf”; 5) Uisce Éireann WSP – Eastern and Midlands Region, preliminary business case addendum (sensitivity analysis), June 2023; 6) Uisce Éireann WSP PBC affordability response, August 2023; 7) Uisce Éireann WSP contingency plan response, August 2023; 8) A document titled: “RFI-6 GDA Aquator Modelling Report-270623.pdf”;
- Received 18 October 2024Decided 29 November 2024Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
9) A document titled: “RFI 24 Additional Information Steel Power Chemical”; 10) A document titled: “RFI 30 – ES Costing Guide Final”; 11) A document titled: “RFI 30 – NWRP Costing Explanatory Notes”; 12) A document titled: “RFI 30 – EBSD Lite 3.0 Instructions_Rev1”; 13) A document titled: “RFI 30 Independent Estimate Review”; 14) A document titled: “RFI 31 Cost Support Document 2023.pdf”; 15) A document titled: “RFI-34 Uisce Éireann – Ballymore Eustace Resilience Project Slides.pdf”; 16) A document titled: “RFI 34 and 38 Key Interim Projects.pdf”; 17) A document titled: “RFI 35 WSP Risk Support Document.pdf”; 18) A document titled: “RFI_35_WSP Allocation of Risks Commentary”; 19) A document titled: “RFI 40 UÉ Response.pdf”; 20) A document titled: “RFI 46 UÉ Response.pdf”; 21) A document titled: WSP External Review CRU UÉ slide 28-7-23.pdf”; 22) A document titled: “Uisce_Eireann_SDB_Rev29_CRU_Review.xlsx”; 23) A document titled: “UÉ RFE response clarification questions.xls, August 2023”; 24) A document titled: “13072023CRU_WSP WRZs options.xlsx”; 25) A document titled: “17072023 UÉ responses to CRU WSP PBC queries.xlsx”; 26) A document titled: “RFI- 12 PHC data for GDA and National 2018-2023.xlsx”. 26) A record of the terms of reference for the Final Review of the Water Supply Project report by HR Wallingford and its partners PJM Economics; 27) A record of all costs to the CRU associated with the above report.
- Received 3 September 2024Decided 27 September 2024GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting a copy of any correspondence (2024 only) between the CRU and its line department with regard to the charges outlined in the following article: https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024 /0827/1466991-domestic-electricity-bills-to- rise-up-to-8-42-a-month/
- Received 1 August 2024Decided 25 September 2024RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting copies of the following information held that were created or received by the CRU between 1 January 2020 and 18 July 2023: 3) Documents containing deliberations of the SEM Committee, and representations made by either of the Authorities, as to whether or not the policy of TEG Procurements constituted a relevant function of the CRU; 4) Documents containing deliberations of the SEM Committee, and representations made by either of the Authorities, as to whether or not the proposed policy of TEG Procurements was a matter that would materially affect, or would be likely to materially affect the SEM; 5) Documents containing the SEM Committee’s decision and their subsequent instructions as to whether or not the proposed TEG Procurements should be treated as a SEM matter under the ACT.
- Received 8 August 2024Decided 5 September 2024Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Request all records relating to communications between safe electric and the CRU
- Received 6 August 2024Decided 2 September 2024Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Seeking copies of the following records: 1) All Credit Card Statements for December 2023, January 2024, and June 2024. 2) All Bank Account Statements for December 2023, January 2024, and June 2024
- Received 1 August 2024Decided 29 August 2024RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting copies of the following information held that were created or received by the CRU between 1 January 2020 and 18 July 2023: 1) Email and letter exchanges between the Northern Ireland Utility Regulator (UR) and the CRU (together the “Authorities”) in which TEG Procurements were notified to the UR as a policy under consideration by the CRU; 2) Email and letter exchanges between the Authorities in which any arrangements were made for the policy of TEG Procurements to be put to the SEM Committee for their consideration as to whether or not the TEG Procurements should be treated as a SEM mater under the Act.
- Received 30 May 2024Decided 27 June 2024Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting any correspondence, or notes of any meetings, that CRU has held with Intel this year on the subject of the cost of electricity in Ireland.
- Received 29 May 2024Decided 11 June 2024RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting (in Irish): The amount of money spent on goods, services, food or other from the following bodies: AXA Insurance, Puma, Carrefour, Caltex, Siemens, Hewlett Packard, Chevron, RE/MAX, Texaco, AHAVA, sodastream, McDonalds, Domino's, Burger King, Papa John's, Wix. Date range from 1 January 2024 - 25 May 2024.
- Received 16 April 2024Decided 8 May 2024RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting 1) the number and details of complaints into Irish Water's handling and investigation of complaints; 2) any details or concerns noted by CRU into Irish Water's handling of complaints; 3) Details, policies or processes that the CRU would recommend as best practice for the handling of complaints by organisations like Irish Water
- Received 25 March 2024Decided 19 April 2024Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting copies of the following records under the Freedom of Information Act for the following to cover the period 1 January 2024 - present about meetings with representatives of Digital Infrastructure Ireland (DII): 1) Minutes of any meetings; 2) Copies of any presentations delivered at any meetings; 3) Copies of any reports or briefings shared by Digital Infrastructure Ireland before or after any meetings; 4) Any CRU briefing papers for any of the meetings; 5) Any follow-up correspondence (including attachment) following meetings with DII.
- Received 25 March 2024Decided 11 April 2024RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting details of the cumulative amounts collected by SafeElectric in each of the 3 calendar years 2023, 2022 and 2021 for change of electrical contractors. I also request details of the applicable fee for changing electrical contractor at all times during the period 2021- 2023. Please breakdown the fee of over €300 to change contractor the need for which is absolutely no fault of ours. Please cite the legal basis for this charge.
- Received 29 February 2024Decided 28 March 2024Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting a copy of the CRU's most up-to-date risk register.
- Received 19 February 2024Decided 27 March 2024RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
The CRU commissioned a report by HR Wallingford in 2019 in relation to the original independent review of Irish Water's Shannon Pipeline Project (otherwise known as the Water Supply Project - Eastern and Midlands). The report was commissioned at a cost, we understand, of around EUR250,000. Could you please provide us with a copy of that report (partial or completed) and/or anything else produced by HR Wallingford for the CRU in this regard.
- Received 30 January 2024Decided 19 March 2024Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting copies of the following records under the Freedom of Information Act to cover the period 1 September 2023-present: 1) Minutes of any meetings of a working group set up under Pillar B of the Security of Supply working group on Demand Side Units or Demand Side Strategy, as outlined in the section 3 “Pillar updates by exception” in the attached minutes. 2) Any correspondence (including attachments or documents mentioned in the correspondence that are not already in the public domain) between the CRU and Eirgrid and/or any Demand Side Units
- Received 30 January 2024Decided 19 March 2024Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
and/or data centre operators and/or data centre representative bodies about concerns over capacity being made available to the System Operator when called upon during times of system constraints. 3) Any internal reports, memos, briefings or presentations that include details on the above issues.
- Received 31 January 2024Decided 22 February 2024GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting copies of any records held referring or relating to the provision of incorrect data by the CRU to an Oireachtas committee. For avoidance of doubt, it is the issue referred to in the following article: https://www.independent.ie/business/personal- finance/energy-regulator-admits-it-gave- incorrect-data-on-arrears-to- oireachtas/a1732961138.html
- Received 3 January 2024Decided 26 January 2024Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting a copy of the business case, cost-benefit analysis, or other such sanction/approval documents associated with the CRU decision to seek consultancy services to help it deal with a backlog of complaints.
- Received 19 December 2023Decided 18 January 2024Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting: 1) Records or environmental information created and/or received on or after 1 June 2022 relating to the Call for Evidence in so far as it refers to the D74 Pollahoney Autoproducer Grid Connection Application currently awaiting a decision by EirGrid (the Application). Continued next page.
- Received 19 December 2023Decided 18 January 2024Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
2) Records or environmental information created and/or received on or after 1 June 2022 relating to the Call for Evidence in so far as it relates to all data centre transmission connection applications currently awaiting a decision by EirGrid (the Data Centre Applications). 3) Records or environmental information created and/or received on or after 1 June 2022 which refer to or relate to any CRU guidance/instructions to EirGrid on its processing of the Application and/or Data Centre Applications. 4) Records or environmental information created and/or received on or after 1 June 2022 which relate to the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (the Minister), the Minister of State (or persons advising the Minister, or Minister of State) or the Department for the Environment, Climate and Communications (the Department) regarding the processing and consideration of the Application and Data Centre Applications by EirGrid.”
- Received 13 December 2023Decided 17 January 2024Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting a record/spreadsheet/database of all complaints (anonymised) made to the CRU with regard to home safety i.e. electrical or gas works by contractors. This record to ideally include the nature of the complaint, a county location, whether an investigation took place, the outcome of the investigation, whether a prosecution was taken, whether the prosecution was successful, and any other relevant data CRU holds on the specifics of the complaint. This request to cover the calendar years 2021, 2022, and Q1-3 2023.
- Received 29 November 2023Decided 11 January 2024Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting the following reports located in or initiated by the CRU’s Finance Unit/Division and HR Unit/Division from 2019 to 2023: 1) A copy of all audit reports about the working of the CRU’s finance division/unit and the financial performance of the CRU. Only activities that would be reported on the CRU’s Annual Financial Statement are of interest. 2) A copy of all reports about waste or losses, where “financial waste or losses” are the result from the CRU’s financial activities. Only activities that would be reported on the CRU’s Annual Financial Statement are of interest.
- Received 29 November 2023Decided 5 January 2024RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting the following reports located in or initiated by the CRU’s Finance Unit/Division and HR Unit/Division from 2019 to 2023: 1. A copy of all the reports about wrongdoing (as set out by the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 and 2022) or bullying (as defined by the CRU’s staff policy). 2. Copies of the invoices presented by an external body that have submitted the aforementioned reports.”
- Received 25 September 2023Decided 20 October 2023RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting information relating to any assessment of the impact of SEM-22-090 & Mod_02_23 on the Imperfections Charge, and therefore the cost to consumer. Requesting the following records: 1) Analysis of cost to the Imperfections Charge of enabling energy payments for DSUs as laid out in SEM-22-090 & Mod_02_23. 2) Any deliberation or cost benefit analysis made on
- Received 25 September 2023Decided 20 October 2023RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
the basis of the above impact assessment. 3) Communications between Regulatory Authorities, TSOs, & Mos regarding the above assessments.
- Received 3 October 2023Decided 18 October 2023Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting 1) copies of any correspondence between the CRU and energy suppliers with regard to the winter moratorium for the 2023/24 winter period. 2) a copy of any correspondence between the CRU and its parent department with regard to the above.
- Received 8 September 2023Decided 2 October 2023RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting: 1) References to all studies-peer reviewed and published that have been used by CRU for the Remuneration of Renewables Self-consumers for exported electricity: Interim Clean Export Guarantee. 2) A list of all studies used by CRU to make their decisions on smart meters. 3) A list of all published and peer reviewed papers used by CRU as part of their research into smart meters. 4) Any independent research -citing the scientific and research bodies-for CRU on smart meters.
- Received 24 August 2023Decided 20 September 2023RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting any records substantively related to the 2009 decision to continue a rebate on the energy costs of Large Energy Users. That decision is contained in the Information Note CER09117
- Received 6 September 2023Decided 19 September 2023RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Information Requested: 1. Details of all salary scales for all grades in the CRU, in Euro with the annual salary at every point in the scale. 2. Job title, directorate and department of all roles in the CRU and associated grades. 3. The number of staff employed at each of the grades at the date of this request.
- Received 2 August 2023Decided 31 August 2023Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting copies of any records held referringq or relating to the undercharging of the technology company Meta by the ESB.
- Received 18 August 2023Decided 30 August 2023RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting the policy document where the CRU stipulate to electricity suppliers that they are not allowed to revert customers back to MCC01.
- Received 2 August 2023Decided 25 August 2023RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting the landowner letters of consent related to Sections 48/49 applications of Mauricetown Windfarm.
- Received 14 August 2023Decided 25 August 2023RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting details of decision CER/05/081 relating to the Retail Market Design Service (RMDS)
- Received 27 July 2023Decided 24 August 2023Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting access to the following records/details: 1) Copies of correspondence sent from Minister from Eamon Ryan and his Department to the CRU relating to the investigation into the pricing strategies in place and the hedging strategies of the electricity market. 2) Copies of correspondence sent in response to the Minister and Department from the CRU. 3) Documents relating to the investigation, including correspondence sent to the energy companies. This should include all documents, minutes of meetings, correspondence, emails, memos and briefing documents.
- Received 6 June 2023Decided 5 July 2023RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting records in relation to the government decision on July 14, 2009, to take a dividend from ESB and task CRU with distributing it to Large Energy Users between June and November 2009. This request should include but not be limited to: 1) any correspondence between the then CER and DECC; 2) any correspondence between the then CER and ESB 3) any correspondence between the then CER and the Department for Finance/DPER (which was not existing then, but the relevant
- Received 6 June 2023Decided 5 July 2023RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
functions might have moved later); 3) Internal reports, meetings, minutes.
- Received 9 May 2023Decided 4 July 2023Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting copies of correspondence between the SEM committee and the TSO substantively relating to the Shannon LNG application to the T-4 Capacity Auction held in March 2023, and documents held by your organisation substantively relating to the Shannon LNG application to the T-4 Capacity Auction held in March 2023