Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment

In connection with State aid considerations and approval by the European Commission under Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the European Commission's Guidelines on State Aid for Climate, Environmental Protection and Energy 2022 (the "Legislation") in respect of the following Temporary Emergency Generation ("TEG") procurements: TEG1 – Gas • North Wall ESB: 191 MW • Huntstown Energia: 50 MW TEG2 – Distillate • Shannonbridge ESB: 262 MW • Tarbert SSE: 150 MW TEG – Retention of Moneypoint Units 820 MW • MP1 • MP2 • MP3 together (the "TEG Procurements"). Please provide copies of the following information held that were created or received by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications ("DECC") on and from 1 January 2021, relating to considerations of compliance of the TEG Procurements with the Legislation in respect of State aid by DECC and/or the European Commission and any notifications by DECC to the European Commission under the Legislation, specifically: (a) any correspondence, such as email and letter exchanges, as between DECC and the European Commission in respect of the