EirGrid warns of potential electricity supply issuesBy Cillian Sherlock, PAEirGrid has warned of temporary electricity supply issues in the near future due to the low availability of renewable energy and unplanned outages of a number of conventional generation units. While the alert warns of potential future issues, it does not indicate a current loss of electricity supply to customers. A system alert often passes off without incident once a sufficient buffer between electricity supply and demand is restored. Total metered electricity consumption increased by 20% or 4,900 Gigawatt hours between 2015 and 2022. “The total metered electricity consumption in 2022 was 29,500 GWh which was a 3.5% increase on 2021.”

Source: Irish Independent June 12, 2023 15:42 UTC