Eamon Ryan asks watchdog to probe electricity market for 'failures'

Environment Minister Eamon Ryan said: “In addition to my interactions, my officials meet with suppliers on a regular basis and a key message to them is the critical importance of prices being reduced as soon as possible.”

The energy watchdog has been asked to investigate whether there were any “failures” in the electricity market that impacted vulnerable customers.

Environment Minister Eamon Ryan has confirmed that he has written to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) asking it to conduct a probe of the market and current pricing strategies. In response to a parliamentary question by Sinn Féin’s Darren O’Rourke, Mr Ryan said he had written to the regulator last month.