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Communications networks and services play a vital role in Ireland’s economy and wider society.

An initial assessment of the extent of inefficiency in electricity trade

For at least the last couple of years, there has been a lively policy debate relating to the evolution of the GB electricity market. The Government’s Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA) consultation is considering major changes to the market design, such as locational pricing, reform to CfD support arrangements and changes to the capacity mechanism. ESO’s Beyond 2030 document1 has suggested a need for massive network build, and the move from ESO to NESO will see the implementation of new strategic planning processes, looking across energy vectors and at both national and regional level.

Pressure to boost profitability to more sustainable levels. The profitability of many telecom operators is currently relatively low, especially in Europe . They have been exploring a number of ways to restore earnings to more sustainable levels, for example through divesting tower assets.

The potential for GB to move to Locational Marginal Pricing (LMP) has become an important topic of debate this year.

Frontier has estimated the scale of the losses experienced by the childcare sector during the Covid lockdown restrictions.