"Safe Electric"
The Commission for Energy Regulation has launched a new electrical safety information website to provide customers with information on the regulation of electrical contractors.
To view this website, please click on www.safeelectric.ie
As part of the implementation of the provisions of the Act in 2007, the Commission will discharge this new responsibility primarily through the designation of a body or bodies to act as a regulatory body for electrical contractors.
The Commission will set criteria for a designated body and its members, including conditions relating to safety standards to be achieved and maintained in electrical work and the procedures for the inspection of such work.
At present the Commission works with industry stakeholders in the operation of a voluntary self-regulatory regime for safety in the electrical contracting industry. In 2004 a document was published, the Criteria for Issue of a Regulatory Licence to an Electrical contracting Licensed Regulatory Body (CER/04/248) which outlines the roles and responsibilities of all parties under the current regime. In 2006, the Commission published an updated version of the 'Criteria Document' and accompanying Background Document on the changes to the Criteria Document (CER/04/248).
To view the CER's Criteria document and the Common Procedures documentation, please click on the link below: