Eirgrid to report on all pylon options

The just-published terms of reference for the pylon commission state that electricity transmission operator Eirgird is to prepare a report for the independent panel on the various overhead and underground options for the planned pylon projects in the West and South.

The panel, consisting of chair Justice Catherine McGuinness, Professor Keith Bell, Professor John FitzGerald, Dr Karen Foley and Colm McCarthy, will then analyse the Eirgrid study to ensure its “integrity”.

It will later report to the minister on the “completeness, objectivity and comparability (underground vs overhead) of the studies” before the projects return for another round of public consultation.