Energy watchdog and Eamon Ryan to be grilled over blackout fears

Oireachtas committee will question the minister and the CRU at urgent meeting prompted by concerns over energy security

Environment Minister Eamon Ryan during the Sectoral Emissions Ceilings announcement in July. He and the CRU will be quizzed at an emergency Oireachtas committee meeting about fears of blackouts this winter. File picture: Sam Boal/RollingNews

Ireland's energy watchdog — the Commission for Regulation of Utilities — and the Environment Minister Eamon Ryan are to be called before an emergency Oireachtas committee meeting over fears of blackouts in the coming months.

Mr Ryan has insisted that he does not expect power outages this winter, but has warned that the “real challenge” will be cost for households in the coming months.