Updated to 5 December 2025 (Act No. 12 of 2025 and S.I. No. 587 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Sustainable Energy Act 2002
No. 2 of 2002
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Whole Act | 27 February 2002 | Commenced on enactment |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trans. of cert. functs. under. | S.I. No. 418 of 2011, arts. 1(2), 3 & sch. 1 | 29 July 2011 | Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011), art. 1(2) |
| S.I. No. 300 of 2002, arts. 1 (2), 4 (1)(a) & sch. part 1 | 18 June 2002 | Communications, Energy and Geological Survey of Ireland (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 300 of 2002), art. 1 (2), | |
| S. 6(1)(f) amended | S.I. No. 76 of 2022, reg. 12(a) | 15 February 2022 | European Union (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 76 of 2022) |
| S. 6(1)(g) inserted | S.I. No. 76 of 2022, reg. 12(b) | 15 February 2022 | European Union (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 76 of 2022) |
| S. 10(3)(c) substituted | 12/2016, ss. 1(2), 25(a) | 7 October 2016 | Energy Act 2016 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 509 of 2016), art. 2(c) |
| S. 10(9) substituted | 12/2016, ss. 1(2), 25(b) | 7 October 2016 | Energy Act 2016 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 509 of 2016), art. 2(c) |
| S. 10(10) substituted | 12/2016, ss. 1(2), 25(c) | 7 October 2016 | Energy Act 2016 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 509 of 2016), art. 2(c) |
| S. 10(11), (12) deleted | 12/2016, ss. 1(2), 25(d) | 7 October 2016 | Energy Act 2016 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 509 of 2016), art. 2(c) |
| S. 10(17) amended | 12/2016, ss. 1(2), 25(e) | 7 October 2016 | Energy Act 2016 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 509 of 2016), art. 2(c) |
| S. 18(2) am. | 24/2010, ss. 1(2), 97 and schedule, pt. 1, item 34 | 1 January 2011 | Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 648 of 2010), art. 3 |
| Transfer of functions under | 10/2011, ss. 1(2), 6, 9, 20 & sch. 2 part 1 | 6 July 2011 | Ss. 1(2) & 6. Day appointed by Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (Appointed Day) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 401 of 2011), art. 2 |
| S. 24(1) substituted | 12/2016, ss. 1(2), 26 | 7 October 2016 | Energy Act 2016 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 509 of 2016), art. 2(c) |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 3 | Sustainable Energy Act 2002 (Establishment Day) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 655 of 2002) |
| S. 8(2) | Sustainable Energy Act 2002 (Section 8(2)) (Conferral of Additional Functions - Reporting of National Energy Statistics and Electricity and Natural Gas Prices) Regulations 2024 (S.I. No. 151 of 2024) |
| Sustainable Energy Act 2002 (Conferral of Additional Functions-Energy Efficiency) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 668 of 2022) | |
| Sustainable Energy Act 2002 (Conferral of Additional Functions — Renewable Energy) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 482 of 2014) | |
| Sustainable Energy Act 2002 (Section 8(2)) (Conferral of Additional Functions — Renewable Energy) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 158 of 2012) | |
| Sustainable Energy Act 2002 (Section 8(2)) (Conferral of Additional Functions - Renewable Energy) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 148 of 2011) |