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Information about the Distribution System Operator

  • ESB Networks DAC, a ringfenced subsidiary within ESB Group, is the licensed Distribution System Operator (DSO) for Ireland.
  • Staff in the ESB Networks business unit carry out ESB Networks DAC's functions as DSO, in addition to the functions of ESB as the licensed Transmission Asset Owner (TAO) and Distribution Asset Owner (DAO) for Ireland (under the management of ESB Networks DAC).
  • The Freedom of Information Act 2014 applies only to ESB Networks DAC in its capacity as the DSO.
Applicability of the Freedom of Information Act 2014

Transmission Asset Owner

  • License granted to: ESB
  • Subject to FOI Act: No
  • TAO Licence - Go to cru.ie

 

 

Distribution Asset Owner

 

 

Distribution System Operator

Establishment of ESB Networks DAC
ESB Networks DAC Board

Find details of the ESB Networks DAC Board and Management.

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Statutory instrument

Irish Statute Book S.I. No. 280/2008 - European Communities (Internal Market in Electricity) (Electricity Supply Board) Regulations 2008.

Go to irishstatutebook.ie

 

 

Distribution System Operator

 

Roles, responsibilities and functions of the Distribution System Operator

ESB Networks DAC Board
Find details of the ESB Networks DAC.

About ESB Networks DAC

 

 

Distribution System Operator

Governance and management arrangements

ESB Networks DAC Board
Find details of the ESB Networks DAC Board and Management.

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List of submissions
Find ESB Network DAC.'s list of submissions to the Companies Registration Office (cro.ie).

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Corporate plans and strategies
Governance

Find details about ESB Network DAC Governance.

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Annual report
ESB Networks DAC does not produce an Annual Report. The ESB Group Annual Report provides information on ESB Networks DAC's annual performance.

Go to esb.ie

 

 

Annual accounts
The annual accounts of ESB Networks DAC are available from the Companies registration office.

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Annual performance reports and annual compliance can be found here:

Go to Publications

Organisation and pay/grading structures
ESB Networks DAC Board
  • An overview of the ESB Networks structure is available in our Governance section.
  • Pay grades in ESB Networks DAC are currently the subject of discussions between ESB and its Unions. 

 

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Locations and contact details
Links to agencies/other bodies under the FOI body's remit

Regulator
ESB Networks DAC. in its capacity as the licensed Distribution System Operator, is regulated by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (cru.ie).

Go to cru.ie

Details of service level agreements
Service Level Agreements

The following Service Level Agreements describe the service levels Distribution System Operator will operate to in performing the Meter Registration System Operator, Data Collector, Meter Operator functions.

Open PDF | 361 KB

 

 

Retail market design
Documentation relating to the current Retail Market Design, and the Retail Market Design Service of ESB Networks, can be found on the RMDS website.

Go to RMDS website

 

 

Meter Registration System Operator
Information on the Meter Registration System Operator (MRSO), who is responsible for the Change of Supplier process and the processing/aggregation of meter data required to support Trading & Settlement in the competitive electricity market, can be found on the MRSO website.

Go to MRSO website

Customer charter
ESB Networks Customer Charter - Customer charter Open PDF | 1MB
Codes of practice or guidelines
  • National codes of practice -  Open PDF | 10.6 MB
  • General Conditions for Connection of Industrial and Commercial Customers and Generators to the Distribution System -  Open PDF | 632 KB

 

More information

Additionally, a large body of information is available on our website under the following Publications categories:   

 

Load demand data

Special load reading data

 

Special load reading data for 2016-2017 providing demand information on transformers and feeders of 110kV and 38kV substations. These records have been redacted removing customer names, MPRN, MIC, billing class and MEC.