Ireland’s Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU) has announced that its latest price review (Price Review 6) will support nearly €19bn in investment in the country’s energy infrastructure (CRU press release, 16/12/2025). Price Review 6 (PR6) covers the period 2026–2030 and sets total expenditures by EirGrid and ESB Networks at €18.9bn.
The new pricing and expenditure framework will fund around 500 capital projects, including 29 priority transmission projects, 27 priority 110 kV substations, around 80,000 pole replacements, along with new overhead lines and underground cable.
“The estimated impact of PR6 on a typical domestic customer’s network charges is approximately €12 per year on average, rising to up to €21 per year if the higher investment scenario is realized,” the CRU said.
According to the government, the investment will also create grid capacity for up to 5 GW of offshore wind energy by the early 2030s.