Utility Regulator report on SONI governance

2 releases from 2 parties, 1 September 2022 to 7 September 2022.

Each party’s website press releases, in order of publication

1. UUP calls for a fundamental review of the role of SONI and demands the appointment of a proper independent management structure of the company

   • UUP
   • 1 September 2022
   • Call for action
   • Criticises another northern ireland political party or its representatives
   • Contains a proposal

   UUP calls on the Economy Minister to act on the Utility Regulator's report into SONI governance, calling for a fundamental review of SONI's role and a proper independent management structure, claiming it is controlled by EirGrid.

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2. Imperative Economy minister brings SONI to heel

   • TUV
   • 7 September 2022
   • Call for action
   • Criticises the irish government or an irish minister

   TUV leader Jim Allister says the Utility Regulator's report on SONI shows Northern Ireland's grid is run from Dublin, with the SONI board dominated by Eirgrid staff and consumers paying for Republic grid works. He challenges Economy Minister Gordon Lyons to act and tables Assembly written…

   Original release (opens in a new tab)

Parties with no matching press release found on their website

• Alliance: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• DUP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• Sinn Féin: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• SDLP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.
• Green Party: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• PBP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.
• Aontú: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.

This does not show that a party said nothing: it may have commented elsewhere, in a release this system did not link to the issue, or in a release that has not been recovered.