- Ambitious and challenging investment programme reflects strategic importance of electricity network to social, economic and environmental progress
Tuesday 16th December 2025
ESB Networks welcomes the publication today by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) of the Price Review Six (PR6) Final Determination, following an eighteen-month engagement process.
PR6 is the largest investment in the electricity network in Ireland’s history and will involve the delivery of more than 500 major capital projects which will allow Ireland to meet the increasing demand for electricity. This scale of investment reflects the strategic importance of the electricity network in enabling key policy targets, including those contained in the Government’s new housing plan – Delivering Homes, Building Communities: An Action Plan on Housing Supply and Targeting Homelessness 2025-2030 – as well as the National Planning Framework, the National Development Plan and the Climate Action Plan.
PR6 will allow ESB Networks to build on and accelerate the significant progress achieved during Price Review 5 (PR5) which included the connection of over 186,000 homes, farms and businesses, the addition of 2.1 GW of utility scale renewable generation and the installation of over 1.8 million smart meters.
Nicholas Tarrant, ESB Networks Managing Director, welcomed today’s determination by the CRU saying: “The final determination endorses the scale of ambition put forward by ESB Networks in our PR6 Business Plan. It will help pave the way for a more resilient, reliable and sustainable energy future for Ireland, supporting housing, jobs and climate action. We look forward to working in collaboration with our stakeholders, industry colleagues and all of society to deliver this historic and transformative investment in Ireland’s future.”