Energy traders grappling with price volatility - ESB deputy CEO

Marguerite Sayers tells Cork Chamber Business Breakfast that Ireland needs a 'grown-up' debate about nuclear energy

At the Cork Chamber Business Breakfast in association with RDJ and media partner the Irish Examiner in the Clayton Hotel Cork City were Irish Examiner managing director Mikie Sheehan; Margaret Ring, RDJ; Cork Chamber president Ronan Murray; guest speaker ESB deputy CEO Marguerite Sayers, and Cork Chamber CEO Conor Healy. Picture Denis Minihane.

Forecasting future energy prices remains a significant challenge, ESB deputy chief executive Marguerite Sayers has told a business audience in Cork.

While energy costs have begun to drop, particularly for larger companies, there is an expectation that volatility will remain in wholesale energy markets.