On 18 December 2014 the Utility Regulator issued a public consultation on the proposed grant of separate gas conveyance licences to Scotia Gas Networks NI Limited and to Northern Ireland Energy Holdings Limited.
We received one response to the consultation from firmus energy. This response did not raise any objections to the proposal to grant a licence to either Scotia Gas Networks NI Limited or to Northern Ireland Energy Holdings Limited.
In accordance with Article 8(6) of the Gas (NI) Order 1996, the Utility Regulator now gives notice that a licence for the conveyance of gas in Northern Ireland has been granted to both Scotia Gas Networks NI Limited and to Northern Ireland Energy Holdings Limited on 11 February 2015.
The Utility Regulator has also published a final decision paper alongside these licences.