This report was co-ordinated and prepared by Anna Pietikainen and Shelly Hsieh. The work underlying the report was led by Filippo Cavassini and Faisal Naru, with substantive inputs from Filippo Cavassini and Nick Malyshev, Head of the Regulatory Policy Division, and with the encouragement and support of Marcos Bonturi, Director, Public Governance Directorate. Special thanks go to Rolf Alter and Luiz de Mello, respectively Director and Deputy Director of the Public Governance Directorate when the review was launched and conducted for their support and inputs. Jennifer Stein co‑ordinated the editorial process. Kate Lancaster and Andrea Uhrhammer provided editorial support.
The team included three peer reviewers from the members of the OECD Network of Economic Regulators (NER), who participated in a policy mission to Ireland and provided extensive inputs and feedback throughout the development of the review: Mr. Alberto Biancardi, Commissioner, Regulatory Authority for Electricity, Gas and Water (AEEGSI), Italy; Mr. Andrew Burgess, Associate Partner, Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OFGEM), United Kingdom; and Mr. Carlos de Régules, Executive Director, Agency for Safety, Energy and Environment (ASEA), Mexico.
The report would not have been possible without the support of the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) and its staff. The team would in particular like to thank the following colleagues for their unique assistance in collecting data and information, organising the team’s missions to Ireland and providing feedback at different stages of the development of the review: Paul McGowan, Chairperson; Garrett Blaney and Aoife MacEvilly, Commissioners; Laura Brien, Director of Energy Markets; Maeve Kennedy and Mairead Byrne, Personal Assistants. Ann McGarry, Director of Energy Safety; Sheenagh Rooney, Director of Water, Customer Care and Operations; and John Melvin, Director of Energy Networks and Legal also provided valuable inputs. Interviews and comments from various government, industry and public stakeholders during the review process also contributed to the analysis presented in the report.
A draft of the report was discussed at the OECD Network of Economic Regulators and presented to the OECD Regulatory Policy Committee in November 2017.