Utility Regulator publishes documents on ten towns consultation

The Utility Regulator has published two documents in relation to its consultation on licence changes to amend the timetable for the relinquishing of firmus energy’s supply exclusivity in the ten towns area.

The first is a Gas Notice which sets out the proposed changes to firmus energy’s license to supply gas to the ten towns area. The second is a ‘minded to’ document which proposes to better coordinate the current staggered timetable for market opening for the large industrial and commercial sector on 1 October 2012 and the domestic and small industrial and commercial sector on 1 April 2015.

Responses to both documents should be sent to Neil Bingham no later than 5.00pm on 31 January 2011:
Neil Bingham
The Utility Regulator
Queens House
14 Queen Street
Belfast
BT1 6ED

T: 02890 311575
E: neil.bingham@uregni.gov.uk

The initial consultation was carried out in August 2010.  There were 18 responses to the consultation in total, and as one response was confidential, the remaining 17 responses can be found below.

1. Ballymena Borough Council
2. Bord Gais Energy
3. CBI
4. Consumer Council for Northern Ireland
5. Energy Savings Trust NI
6. firmus energy
7. Gaslink
8. Michelin
9. National Energy Action
10. NI Energy Agency (Bryson House)
11. NI Federation of Small Businesses
12. NI Independent Retail Trade Association
13. NI Manufacturing
14. NI Housing Executive
15. Phoenix Natural Gas
16. Phoenix Supply Ltd
17. Viridian Power & Energy