Robert O’Rourke

Robert O’Rourke is the Electricity Networks Senior Manager at the Commission for Regulation of Utilities and is responsible for the economic regulation of the transmission and distribution network companies, and the integration of renewables onto the Irish system. This includes the System Services Future Arrangements project and the CRU’s PR5 Decision which set the regulatory framework for EirGrid and ESB Networks for the next five-year period (2021-2025), and set out ambitious targets and flexible investment mechanisms needed to achieve the transition to a low-carbon system by 2030.