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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 regulatory system was reformed in 2003 to combine the regulation of electricity and natural gas into a single energy regulator. The Northern Ireland Authority for Energy Regulation was established and the offices of Director General of Gas for Northern Ireland and Director General of Electricity Supply for Northern Ireland were abolished. [38]
At that time Northern Ireland was heavily dependent on electricity from GB coming via the Moyle Interconnetor. It has a GB-NI capacity of 450MW and was providing 440MW at times of low wind generation.
The ESB was established by the fledgling Irish Free State government under the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1927 to manage Ireland's electricity supply after the successful Shannon Scheme at Ardnacrusha. The scheme was Ireland's first large-scale electricity plant – and at the time, it provided 80% of the total energy demands of Ireland.
Centralised co-ordination of electricity supplies in Northern Ireland began with the establishment of the Electricity Board for Northern Ireland in 1931. [3] The Northern Ireland Electricity Service was established on 1 April 1973 by the Electricity Supply (Northern Ireland) Order 1972. [3] The integrated electricity network was built in the ...
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.
Firmus Energy is an energy company based in Antrim, Northern Ireland. Bord Gáis had a plan to develop the gas market in Northern Ireland. A pipeline from Carrickfergus to Derry was completed in October 2004 and now serves Coolkeeragh Power Station. A second pipeline, known as the south–north pipeline, was commissioned in October 2006.
Electricity supply in Northern Ireland privatised. Premier Power formed. From 1 March 1992 the Office of Director General of Electricity Supply for Northern Ireland was established under the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992. [20] 1993 Supply industry in Northern Ireland privatised. 1994 Value-added tax (VAT) of 8% imposed on domestic ...