{"id":1880,"date":"2022-08-24T13:19:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T12:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/climate-minister-has-no-plan-to-prevent-blackouts-this-winter\/"},"modified":"2022-08-24T13:19:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T12:19:08","slug":"climate-minister-has-no-plan-to-prevent-blackouts-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/climate-minister-has-no-plan-to-prevent-blackouts-this-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Minister Has No Plan To Prevent Blackouts This Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Consumers and businesses need a credible plan to keep the lights on this winter<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Climate Minister Eamon Ryan\u2019s strategy to prevent blackouts this winter amounts to nothing more than a wing and a prayer, according to Social Democrats Climate Spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt a time when the Commission for Energy Regulation (CRU) has warned that energy usage at peak times must be slashed to prevent blackouts this winter, Climate Minister Eamon Ryan has his head in the sand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring an interview on RTE\u2019s News At One, it became clear that the Minister\u2019s strategy to prevent blackouts this winter amounts to nothing more than a wing and a prayer. Emergency generation capacity, that had been promised, will not now be available until next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat consumers and businesses need now is a credible plan to keep the lights on this winter. When will Minster Ryan deliver than plan?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the CRU is ringing alarm bells, and warning that our security of energy supply is critically jeopardised, senior ministers have been shooting the messenger \u2013 instead of taking responsibility for their failure to do anything to mitigate this crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarlier this week, Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin suggested Ireland\u2019s energy supply crisis had come as a shock to him \u2013 despite Eirgrid issuing warnings since as far back as 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis government have been asleep at the wheel when it comes to our energy security. 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