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Patrick Liddy

Irish electricity markets expert; Electricity Markets Manager at Managed Power and CEO of the Demand Response Association of Ireland, founder of Ireland's first Demand Side Unit.

Oct 5, 2026

5:53
And at the moment is like how much of this has been driven by grid constraints or delays getting connections? I suppose are we seeing that private wires will actually solve grid constraints or allow certain users just to bypass them? So
6:08
I think...
6:10
I think, Stephen, there's a few ways.
6:12
Okay, so if you go back to the beginning of the electricity industry, or well, not quite the beginning, but the past, there was a time when only ESB could build power stations and only ESB could supply your house with electricity.
6:28
And there are good reasons for that.
6:31
That's just the way it was.
6:32
But I mean, you could also say the only people who could run a telecom wire was Telecom Air.

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16:57
As an engineer, where do I start?

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