SEM-08-176 Proposed Acquisition of SONI Ltd by EirGrid PLC

Proposed Acquisition of SONI Ltd by EirGrid PLC

The SEM Committee seeks view on the regulatory changes required to both the System Operator and Market Operator licences of SONI Ltd and to the equivalent System Operator licence of EirGrid plc. The paper also constitutes notice by the SEM Committee pursuant to the relevant legislation in Northern Ireland and Ireland, for the purpose of consulting on the proposed licence modification which are set out in Appendix 1 to the paper. Appendix 2 then sets out the relevant statutory notices.

Closing date for this consultation is 5pm on Friday 30th January 2009. Comments may be sent to Jamie Burke by email (jburke@cer.ie) or by post to Commission for Energy Regulation, Belgard Square North, Tallaght, Dublin 24