28 May 2019

EirGrid – TSO

Stakeholder Engagement 2018

28 May 2019

EirGrid – TSO

Stakeholder Engagement 2018

WAYNE LAST

Agenda

• Introductions – senior leadership team

• TSO engagement strategy 2018

– Customers & connections

– Industry engagement

– Public & impacted communities engagement

• Key themes from consultation

• Conclusion & self assessment

Engagement

Strategy

Who are our

stakeholders?

Consultation &

Engagement

Europe

Public Policy Makers

Political

Local & National

Demand & Generation Customers

LandownersRegulatory Authority

Communities

Representative bodies

Media & opinion formers

Customers &Connections

Implementing Engagement Strategy: Six Steps

Step 1

How do we identify

the future needs of

the electricity grid?

Step 2

What technologies

can meet those

needs?

Step 3

What’s the best

option and what area

may be affected?

Step 4

Where exactly

should we build?

Step 5

The planning

process

Step 6

Construction and

energisation

What’s different?

• Structured approach:

from concept to

energisation

• Early engagement

• Transparent

decision-making

• Social impact

assessment

• Scenario planning

• Community benefits

• Liaison officers

Celtic Inteconnector Project

• 10 open days

• Accepting feedback online

by post, email and phone.

• Approximately 200

responses to date.

• Overall acceptance of

project benefits.

Intel

• 2 open days

• 2 project brochures published

• 2 radio campaigns

• 2 ALOs full time in study area

• 50 landowners engaged

• 17 environmental stakeholders

engaged

Results from landowners & communities

• Increased transparency

• Unrestricted access to land

for surveys – 100% for Intel

• Enhanced trust where new

approach is sustained

• Increased acceptance

and an improved

overall solution

Industry Engagement

Tomorrow’s Energy

ScenariosDS3 System

ServicesGrid Connection

Outage Planning

European

Engagement &

Sysflex /ENTSOE

DSO / TSO

Tomorrow’s Energy Scenarios

Engagement Aim Implementation Impacts

DS3 System Services

Engagement Aim Implementation Impacts

Public & Community Engagement

Public & Community Engagement

Intel ProjectData Centre

Forums

Awareness &

Education

Local Liaison Plain EnglishEducation &

Inclusion

Programme

Awareness & Education

The public are twice as likely to trust us if they understand what we do.43%64%

Brand Awareness 2014-19

16%39%Brand Trust 2014-19

Local Liaison & Plain English

Consultation Feedback

• Electricity Association of Ireland (EAI) welcomed

focus on engagement with communities near

planned infrastructure projects

• Bord Gais Energy (BGE) indicated very positive

engagement experience with the TSO in 2018

• TEL (Tynagh Energy Limited) response supported

the feedback from EAI

Consultation Feedback

• Importance of taking positive learnings from

landowner and community engagement into

industry engagement

• Desire to see a more holistic overall

stakeholder strategy

• Helpful suggestions with regard to notifications

of consultations and structuring of our website.

How have we performed?Landowner

and

Community Consumer Industry Europe

Policy

Makers

Connected

Parties

Stakeholder

Engagement

Strategy9 7 5 7 8 7

Channels

and

Initiatives9 7 6 7 7 7

Positive

Impacts9 7 7 7 9 7

Thank you& Questions