Gas (Interim) (Regulation) Bill 2001

Public bill · Government · Presented

The proposal would bring the gas sector under the Commission for Energy Regulation, renamed from the Commission for Electricity Regulation, transferring key responsibilities from the Minister. It would introduce licences for gas supply, pipeline operation and storage; require fair access to pipelines, transparent charges and separate accounts; and allow the regulator to protect safety, supply security, competition, customers and the environment. It would also require long-term forecasts of gas capacity and demand, while allowing public-service obligations such as reliable and reasonably priced supplies.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the regulation of the gas sector in the State by the Commission for Energy Regulation and for that purpose to transfer to it certain functions of the Minister for Public Enterprise, to provide for the change of name of the Commission for Electricity Regulation, to amend and extend the Gas Acts, 1976 to 2000, the Electricity Regulation Acts, 1999 to 2000, and to give effect to Directive 98/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 and to provide for related matters

Last updated 12 April 2018