Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Act 2023

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Functions of electricity suppliers in relation to Submeter Support Scheme

9. (1) For the purposes of the operation and administration of the Submeter Support Scheme, each electricity supplier shall—

(a) on the request of the Minister, determine the number of supplier submeter accounts it holds on such date (in this Act referred to as the “applicable date”) as the Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, prescribe for the purposes of this paragraph,

(b) as soon as practicable after it has made each determination under paragraph (a), notify the Minister of each determination,

(c) provide the Minister with any additional information requested by the Minister under section 7 (3)(d) or section 8 (2),

(d) receive monies transferred to it by the Minister under section 8 (1)(b) for the sole purpose of the electricity supplier transferring those monies to supplier submeter accounts in accordance with subsection (2),

(e) use monies received by it under paragraph (d) for the sole purpose of making submeter support scheme payments to supplier submeter accounts,

(f) keep records of—

(i) all monies received by it under paragraph (d), and

(ii) all monies transferred to supplier submeter accounts under subsection (2),

(g) as soon as practicable, repay to the Minister any monies received by it from the Minister in accordance with paragraph (d) that are not required to be transferred to supplier submeter accounts in accordance with subsection (2),

(h) make available to an auditor appointed by the Minister all books and records in relation to the performance by the electricity supplier of the functions conferred on it by or under this Act, and

(i) perform such other functions as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, may, for the purposes of the efficient operation and administration of the Submeter Support Scheme, prescribe.

(2) Where an electricity supplier receives monies in accordance with subsection (1)(d), it shall, within such period ending not later than 31 December 2024 as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, prescribes for the purposes of this subsection in respect of each payment period, credit each supplier submeter account held with it on the operative date in respect of the payment period concerned, with a payment of €137.61 (in this Act referred to as a “submeter scheme payment”).

(3) An electricity supplier shall, for the purpose of the Scheme, put in place such administrative and operational arrangements that the Commission considers necessary or expedient under section 9R(1)(b) of the Act of 1999.