Publications

This documents presents Guidelines for costs and applicability of EGIP (Embedded Generation Interface Protection).

Guidelines for Metering Cabinets

This document will show you how to read your electricity meter and submit a reading.

This report describes how stakeholder feedback is shaping our approach to our engagement strategy, plans and activities in 2020. It describes how ESB Networks is interpreting stakeholders’ needs and our proposed approach to ensure continuous improvement of our stakeholder engagement going forward. 

This booklet provides guidelines that apply to all work that involves penetrating the ground at or below surface level where there maybe ESB Networks cables or privately owned cables.

This information memorandum clarifies when the right to terminate a Connection Agreement will be enforced.

The purpose of this consultation is to seek views and comments from stakeholders on ‘Innovating to Transform the Electricity Network’. This document gives an overview of ESB Networks Innovation Strategy, framework, processes, governance and projects, with a particular focus on our innovation activities in 2020 and our pipeline of innovation projects into 2021.  

Background:  

In ESB Networks, the purpose of our innovation is to develop and implement new ideas with enduring benefits for our customers as Ireland transitions to a low carbon society. ESB Networks Innovation Strategy supports the transformation of the electricity network to facilitate this low carbon future and strengthens the culture of innovation and collaboration needed to deliver this energy transition for the benefit of our customers.  Our Innovation Strategy Framework manages every stage of the development and implementation of strategic initiatives, from setting the vision to establishing business as usual. This framework has been applied to a balanced portfolio of projects across our three roadmaps; Future Customer, Climate Action and Network Resilience that align with our business strategy and take account of feedback received from industry and key stakeholders.  

This consultation document also presents an overview of ESB Networks innovation activities in 2020. It outlines ESB Networks' 30 innovation projects, our 13 pipeline projects and 22 new ideas that we have identified for further consideration and possible progression into our roadmaps.

Public Consultation on Innovation for the Network of the Future

The consultation period for this document has now closed.

ESB Networks would like to thank all those who submitted and shared their feedback on this document.

Public Consultation on Innovation in ESB Networks. 

The purpose of this consultation is to seek views and comments from stakeholders on Innovation in ESB Networks.

Background and Process

In order to realise our vision of delivering a sustainable, low carbon energy network that will serve Ireland’s future energy needs, we have developed an Innovation Strategy to manage every stage of the development and implementation of strategic initiatives, from setting the vision to establishing business as usual (BAU). Our Innovation Strategy has been applied to a balanced portfolio of projects covering eight roadmaps that broadly cover our ambition to deliver new and improved services.

• Connecting Renewables
• Customer Engagement
• Electrification of Heat and Transport
• Asset Optimisation
• Flexibility on our Networks
• Operational Excellence
• Network Resilience
• Working with the Transmission System Operator (TSO)

During 2018, 16 projects were completed and the others continued to progress.  We have over 20 new ideas that we have identified for further consideration and possible progression into our roadmaps.

Consultation Question

1. As part of this on going collaboration and communication, we are interested to seek your views on our innovation processes, activities and priorities to date as summarised in this update document. In particular, we are interested in feedback on our proposed new projects listed at the end of the document.

Next Steps

The consultation period will close on Friday 13th September 2019. At the end of the consultation period, ESB Networks will review and consider all the comments.

Please send your comments to:

innovationfeedback@esbnetworks.ie

Contact Email: innovationfeedback@esbnetworks.ie

Closing Date for Responses: 17:00 on 13th September 2019

PLEASE NOTE: ESB Networks may publish responses that we receive, so if you do not want your response published you should mark your response as confidential.

As extreme weather events and cybersecurity threats become more frequent, and our economy electrifies, ESB Networks will need to build network resilience to mitigate disruption, ensure the security of supply. 

With the use of data analytics ESB Networks pursued a new avenue in identifying metering anomalies and developing a tool that can identify suspicious readings related to meter interference. The project developed an algorithm that can rank a pool of different meter readings based on statistical probability. ESB Networks revised the initial algorithm to a more complex version that is fine-tuned over time as more data is collected and analysed. The expected roll out of smart meters should lead to an increase in data volume and allow further fine tuning of the algorithm with AI.