We have published our July newsletter, which provides an update on our work over the past month.
During July, we continued to progress a wide range of regulatory priorities across the energy and water sectors, alongside delivering important research, consultation and compliance activity.
We also continued to engage with stakeholders as we worked to protect the interests of electricity, gas and water consumers across Northern Ireland.
This month, our Chief Executive, John French, attended both the Indepen Forum and the Vallorii July Roundtable in London.
These events provided valuable opportunities to discuss consumer outcomes, geopolitical risk and the implications for infrastructure finance and security with stakeholders from across the sectors.
Our Head of Consumer and Business Protection, Sinéad Dynan, was featured in the ‘Meet the Member’ section of the Collaboration Network’s newsletter.
During the interview, Sinéad spoke about her career in consumer support, the issues currently facing the Utility Regulator and the importance of regulators working together on matters that affect consumers across the UK.
On 2 July, we published key findings from our fourth Non-domestic Consumer Insight Tracker Survey.
The research enables us to track the experiences, attitudes and behaviours of non-domestic consumers in Northern Ireland’s energy market over time and helps inform our regulatory policies and consumer protection work.
On 22 July, we published our decision paper on updates to the electricity Guaranteed Standards of Service (GSS) and Overall Standards of Performance (OSP).
We published key findings from our sixth Domestic Consumer Insight Tracker Survey on 23 July.
This annual survey provides insights into consumer experiences, attitudes and behaviours in the Northern Ireland domestic electricity and gas markets across a range of themes.
The 2024/2025 Annual Report for the Northern Ireland Sustainable Energy Programme (NISEP) was also published this month.
In July, we published a number of other important documents, including:
• A consultation on the proposed form of electricity generation licence for Synchronous Condensers (23 July).
• A consultation on the publication of a Compliance and Enforcement Annual Report (28 July).
In this edition, we’re spotlighting our Compliance and Enforcement Manager, Noleen Charnley and Head of Compliance and Enforcement, Barbara Stevenson.
Further details on our consultations, recruitment, and latest news can be found at: www.uregni.gov.uk.
We would be delighted to hear any feedback you have on our newsletter and any issues you would like to see covered in future editions, via info@uregni.gov.uk