Building new power lines is unavoidable but Eirgrid must get better at persuading communities of their benefits, the State grid operator's CEO has said. Building new power lines is unavoidable but Eirgrid must get better at persuading communities of their benefits, the State grid operator's CEO has said. Mr Foley said that insofar as is possible, Eirgrid will look to use technology to make the grid more efficient and avoid the need for new lines. Speaking to the Irish Independent on the sidelines of the event, Mr Foley said the transmission upgrades would be "a mix of different solutions". "Generally the work that we do around capital infrastructure is paid for by our customers, the generators of electricity," Mr Foley said.

Source: Irish Independent March 13, 2019 02:32 UTC