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The Northern Ireland Joint Electricity Authority was established in 1967 under the provisions of the Electricity (Supply) Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 (c. 11 (N.I.)). The authority had wider powers to supervise and control generation, transmission and the preparation of generating plant programmes.
The electricity industry in Northern Ireland is regulated by the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation. [34] The authority is an independent public body established to oversee and regulate the electricity, gas, water and sewerage industries in Northern Ireland.
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Northern Ireland, sorted by type and name, with installed capacity (May 2011). Note that the Digest of United Kingdom energy statistics (DUKES) maintains a comprehensive list of United Kingdom power stations, accessible through the Department of Energy and Climate Change here.
Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the electricity network in Northern Ireland, and has been part of the ESB since they purchased it from Viridian in December 2010. However, the ESB does not own the former supply business of NIE, which was retained by Viridian. [6]
Electricity supplied in 1957–8 (MWh) Commissioned Allenwood Kildare 40 Peat 2 × 20 MW 2 × 10/110kV, 40,000 kVA 216,014 1952 Arigna Roscommon 15 Coal 1 × 15 MW 1 × 10/110kV, 1,500 kVA 1958 Bellacorick Mayo 40 Peat 2 × 20 MW 1960 Cahirciveen Kerry 5 Peat 1 × 5 MW 1 × 10/110kV, 6,000 kVA 3,056 1957 Clady Donegal 4 Hydro-electric
The cap does not apply in Northern Ireland, which has its own energy market. ... They are typically 61p a day for electricity and 32p a day for gas, although they vary slightly by region.
Under the Single Electricity Market, EirGrid operates the wholesale power market on the island of Ireland with System Operator of Northern Ireland (SONI), which it now owns. More information on the functions of EirGrid, along with graphs of electricity demand/wind generation output updated every 15 minutes, are available on its website.
Ballylumford power station "C" station is a natural-gas-fired power station in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK. With its main plant generating almost 700 megawatts of electricity, it is Northern Ireland's largest power station and provides half its power. [1] Overall the station can produce 693 MW. [2]