CRU/2025236 (Dec 2025) conditions to connect new large energy users: sites ≥10 MVA must bring matching dispatchable generation/storage (separately connected, market-participating) and meet ≥80% of annual demand from additional Irish renewable generation on a six-year glide path
≥80% additional renewables + matched dispatchableobserved
| Value kind | observed — Reported measurements, counts, and specifications keep the precision and scope stated by their source; an exact specification is not treated as a range. |
|---|---|
| Scope | Implemented for transmission applications via EirGrid DCCOPP v3 (May 2026); REFIT/RESS/ORESS-supported generation cannot satisfy the additional-renewables obligation. |
| As of | 2025-12 |
| Source | CRU decision paper CRU/2025236 |
| Review | checking…review by 2026-10-22 · standard cadence |
| Recorded changes | none recorded |
| Claim id | cru-2025-connection-policy-80-pct-renewables |
Where the guide uses it
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