Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
FOI Requests — 300 records (page 4 of 6)
- Received 31 January 2019Decided 21 October 2021Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Seeking the following records for the time period between 1.12.17 to 31.1.19: • any heads of terms in agreed or draft form between two parties which relates to LSRAs with a plant; • any agreements in agreed or draft form between two parties which relates to LSRAs with a plant; • analysis relating to or called upon in the decision to enter into the Head of Terms of Agreements; • meeting minutes or documents produced for meetings where Head of Terms of Agreements or Analysis was discussed;
- Received —Decided 21 October 2021Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
- Received 28 July 2021Decided 25 August 2021Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting records of communications between the CRU and named market participants in relation to outages at two generator sites.
- Received 31 May 2021Decided 27 July 2021Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting copies of correspondence between CRU and energy providers with regard to the lifting of the moratorium on disconnections. This request to cover the period 1 Jan 2021 to date of receipt of the request.
- Received 26 May 2021Decided 22 July 2021RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting information and records held by CRU regarding 1) High Court record no. 2002/31 SP, and 2) High Court record no. 2002/80 JR
- Received 14 June 2021Decided 14 July 2021Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Request copies of all CRU records between February 1st 2021 and June 14th 2021, relating to: Statute of Limitations legislation and limitation period for rebates.
- Received 14 June 2021Decided 9 July 2021GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting copies of all CRU records between January 1st 2021 and June 14th 2021, relating to: The ESB policy 'The Rules of Application of DUoS Charges’, specifically the limitation period for rebates.
- Received 14 June 2021Decided 9 July 2021RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting the following information: 1) The salary scale associated with the position of Commissioner of the CRU, 2) The salary scale associated with the position of Director in the CRU, 3) The numbers of all other staff working in the CRU by grade, and the salary scale that applies to each grade.
- Received 9 March 2021Decided 27 May 2021Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting records held by the CRU relating to applications pursuant to Section 47 of the Electricity Regulation Act, 1999.
- Received 22 March 2021Decided 27 April 2021RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting records relating to RECI and the Safe Electric Scheme.
- Received 9 March 2021Decided 7 April 2021Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting records, excluding records of a purely logistical or administrative nature, relating to the written submission to the CRU of the CCMA dated 7.8.2020
- Received 9 December 2020Decided 15 March 2021Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
1) Requesting under S10: details and/or determinations regarding the Requester's application for an Order Pursuant to S47 of the ERA 1999 and provide reasons justifying all acts taken since receipt of application. 2) Requesting under S12: a copy of all documents and records in CRU's possession relating to this application plus any copies of records and documents relating to the decision for this application. Requesting a copy of all records and documents in CRU's possession relating to all other applications the CRU have received for S47 during a specified period.
- Received 28 January 2021Decided 4 March 2021GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting information in relation to an investigation concerning Registered Gas Installers of Ireland members.
- Received 14 January 2021Decided 19 February 2021Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting emails (excluding emails in relation to administrative and organisational matters) relating to meetings with CRU and an Energy Stakeholder relating to a licenced activity over the past year.
- Received 19 January 2021Decided 12 February 2021RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
1) Requesting the number of engineering staff in the CRU who were paid or reimbursed either in part or full their annual membership fees for Engineers Ireland for 2020. 2) A list of all and any other professional subscriptions or membership fees (broken down by name of institution, and staff grade and number of each separately) either paid or reimbursed, party or fully, during 2020.
- Received 22 January 2021Decided 12 February 2021RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting any records relating to pre-paid meters created between specified dates.
- Received 6 January 2021Decided 2 February 2021RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
1) Requesting the number of times the CRU has been notified of a proposed planning application in line with the requirement of Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations (2006) by year, 2) A breakdown of the number of notifications by commercial/ residential/ State entities by year and 3) The number of submissions made as part of the planning process by the CRU per year going back to when the CRU was required to be notified under statute.
- Received 25 November 2020Decided 22 December 2020Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting records held by the CRU in connection with an application to the CRU for Consent under Section 48 of the Electricity Regulation Act 1999.
- Received 21 October 2020Decided 18 November 2020RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting information in relation to a Section 48 that has been sought or granted for a proposed wind farm
- Received 29 September 2020Decided 7 October 2020RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting a letter sent circa 2014 by the then Commission for Energy Regulation to utility companies in relation to certain matters concerning surcharges on pay as you go (PAYG) customers.
- Received 4 September 2020Decided 1 October 2020Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting copies of all emails/logged telephone calls between a CRU staff member and a RECI staff member in relation to the Requester’s company from January 2020 to September 2020.
- Received 2 September 2020Decided 29 September 2020RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting details of the salary grades used for staff employed in certain roles.
- Received 25 August 2020Decided 21 September 2020RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting details on all complaints brought against a Supplier by the public - how many, nature of complaint, outcomes, compensation paid.
- Received 29 June 2020Decided 24 July 2020RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting information on the following in relation to the Criteria Review Panel: 1) How often has the Panel assembled 2) Who are the members of the panel? 3) Minutes of meetings since January 2011 4) All Proposals made by the panel to the commission.
- Received 3 June 2020Decided 30 June 2020Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting all correspondence/memos/reports created as a result of the stakeholder meetings outlined in the latest minutes of the CRU.
- Received 25 May 2020Decided 22 June 2020RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting information relating to the outcome of the High Court application brought by CRU relating to a decision of an appeal panel. Also requesting details relating to the outcome of the case taken by the owner of a power station in the High Court relating to licence modifications. Requesting details of the costs incurred by CRU relating to the appeal panel and the costs incurred in regard to the High Court cases, broken down under the following headings: 1) General costs of the panel paid / charged to CRU, 2) Legal cost of CRU and the Appeal panel, 3) CRU legal costs relating to the High Court case and 4) Legal cost paid by CRU to a power station.
- Received 6 May 2020Decided 3 June 2020RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting: 1) A copy of the ‘multiple submissions by the TSO and TAO’ referred to in section 1.3 of the CRU Decision CER/15/296 2) A copy of (i) the quarterly reports submitted to the CRU on projects valued at over €10m and (ii) the annual Capex outturn report submitted annually to the CRU on each individual transmission project. 3) Any records held by the CRU, including correspondence from ESB or Eirgrid, in relation to (i) statutory compensation arising from electricity line development, (ii) the cost of wayleaves and/or land access for electricity line development and (iii) Flexibility of Access Payments. Scope of request – from 1st January 2016 to date of request.
- Received 10 April 2020Decided 11 May 2020Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting the minutes of all meetings and/or communications between IRP and CRU from 1st February 2018 to 5th March 2020.
- Received 31 March 2020Decided 28 April 2020RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting 1) All correspondence between the CRU and the system operators pertaining to the decision to approve the extended busbar policy 2) The business case presented by EirGrid to the CRU justifying the busbar policy and in particular for new generator connections.
- Received 12 March 2020Decided 9 April 2020RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
1) All communications, (meetings, telephone, fax or email) between CRU with Calor gas, Flogas or ILPGA in relation to hazard's, potentially hazardous works, situations and workmanship issues from 1 Jan 2019 to 4 March 2020.
- Received —Decided 9 April 2020RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
- Received 4 March 2020Decided 1 April 2020Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting: 1) Minutes or details of all meetings between certain CRU personnel with Calor Gas, Flogas, IPGPA and RGII or others in relation to matters concerning the admission and or procedure of LPG domestic gas from 1 Jan 2019 and 4 Mar 2020. 2) Details and content of all electronic and or telephone communications between certain CRU personnel with Calor Gas, Flogas, ILGPA and RGII or others in relation to matters concerning the admission and or procedures of LPG domestic gas from 1 Jan 2019 to 4 Mar 2020.
- Received 19 February 2020Decided 18 March 2020RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting a copy of SLA and Criteria Document between RECI and CRU.
- Received 17 February 2020Decided 13 March 2020RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting the minutes of all board meetings held during 2019.
- Received 27 January 2020Decided 19 February 2020Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting information on the terms and conditions of CRU awarding its sole contract to RECI (Register of Electrical Contractors Ireland).
- Received 9 January 2020Decided 28 January 2020RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting all correspondence concerning data centre energy use between the CRU and ESB Networks, any technology companies or those lobbying on behalf of technology companies.
- Received 22 October 2019Decided 10 December 2019Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting: 1)to identify which documents the CRU holds in relation to a wind farm; 2)to identify the entire scope of environmental information that the CRU holds in relation to a windfarm; 3)electronic copies of the Licence to Construct application and determination document; 4)electronic copies of the Licence to Generate application and determination document in relation to a specific application; 5)to apply for electronic copies of the Environmental Impact Statement in respect of a specific application.
- Received 25 September 2019Decided 21 October 2019Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting the following information: 1.Any records which set out confirmation that (a) a named sub-station; (b) the transmission lines adjacent to that sub-station; and (c) the lands on which that sub- station and transmission lines adjacent to the sub- station are located (including a specific folio in its entirety) (“Relevant assets”), are in each case owned by ESB in its capacity as TAO. 2.Any records which set out confirmation that all of the relevant assets are included on the asset register required to be provided to the Commission under Condition 6(1) of the TAO Licence (Asset Register”), or if any relevant assets are not included on the Asset Register, in whole or in part, details of the relevant assets that are not included on the Asset Register. 3.Any records which set out confirmation as to whether the TAO has notified the Commission of any disposal or relinquishing of control of any relevant assets (including lands comprising a specific folio), or any intention to use any relevant assets for an alternative purpose, in each case within meaning of Conditions 5 and 6 of the TAO Licence.
- Received —Decided 21 October 2019Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
- Received 23 August 2019Decided 3 October 2019Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting: 1. All memos/correspondence (both digital and other)/minutes of meetings between CRU officials of level assistant principal and higher and ESB Networks regarding the rollout of smart meters for the following categories: Consumer policy / protection measures regarding smart electricity meters, Data associated with smart electricity meters, Communications and engagement regarding smart electricity meters dated between 1 August 2019 and 23 August 2019, and 2. All internal memos/internal correspondence (both digital and other)/minutes of internal meetings between CRU officials of assistant principal and higher regarding the rollout of smart meters for the following categories: Consumer policy / protection measures regarding smart electricity meters, Data associated with smart electricity meters, Communications and engagement regarding smart electricity meters dated between 1 August 2019 and 23 August 2019.
- Received 4 June 2019Decided 6 September 2019RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting access to any records dating from 1 January 2016 to 30 June 2017, held by the CRU, which relate to the application by Ireland to the European Commission for State aid approval of draft legislation to establish the Capacity Remuneration Mechanism, including, but not limited to, any documents relating or referring to the targeted contracting mechanism or the use of local reserve supply agreements, agendas and minutes from any meetings but excluding the decision itself and any records that are already in the public domain along with meeting requests and diary entries.
- Received 2 August 2019Decided 30 August 2019Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting all earlier versions of the CRU’s current 'Record of Processing Activities'.
- Received 17 July 2019Decided 14 August 2019Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
All correspondence (email, text message, WhatsApp, letter or any other format) exchanged between the CRU and all external parties (e.g. gov depts., ESBN, members of the public etc) on the subject of electric cars, since 1 January 2019. This includes such issues as public charging points for electric cars and the costs for using them.
- Received 11 July 2019Decided 1 August 2019Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting the current version of the CRU's 'Record of Processing Activities' and any earlier versions and the CRU’s 'Personal Data Inventory' along with any previous copies.
- Received 8 March 2019Decided 5 April 2019RefusedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Requesting a copy of all reports CRU submitted to DCCAE regarding the implications of a disorderly Brexit (i.e. no-deal Brexit/hard Brexit) on Ireland's electricity market, including for Irish-UK power interconnector trading.
- Received 11 January 2019Decided 22 March 2019Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Seeking copies of all documentation regarding Section 49 on an application by an Irish windfarm
- Received 26 February 2019Decided 22 March 2019Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Request a list of Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plants which are certified by the CRU as High Efficiency CHP (HE CHP) under SI 299 of 2009, including the installation name, operator name, and CHP plant electrical capacity (MW).
- Received 5 February 2019Decided 4 March 2019Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Request copies of minutes of meetings, correspondence and attachments with various companies, correspondence between CRU and, DCCAE regarding Data centre provisions along with all correspondence between the CRU and the Minister for DCCAE. The above is requested for the time period between July 2017 to the present.
- Received 11 January 2019Decided 28 February 2019Part-GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Seeking copies of all documentation regarding Section 49 on an application by an Irish windfarm
- Received 1 February 2019Decided 20 February 2019GrantedCommission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
Request the following information: 1)The details of all complaints made by residents of Longford, Leitrim and Roscommon, in tabular form to the CER, between July 1st 2018 and January 31st 2019. 2)The actions taken by the CER on foot of complaints made by residents in Longford, Leitrim and Roscommon, in tabular form, between July 1st 2018 and January 31st 2019.