SEM Committee

Shane Lynch, CEO, Utility Regulator

Shane Lynch is the Chief Executive of the Utility Regulator, having previously been its Director of Electricity between  2009 and 2011. Previously he worked in the electricity industry for 27 years (11 years at board level). He worked for 17 years at AES, where he was Managing Director of Kilroot Power Station and was latterly Development Director of Ireland. He holds an MSc (with distinction) in Finance and Investment from the University of Ulster (as well as a Diploma in Fuel Technology and Electrical Power Systems from the same university). Additionaly, he also holds a BSc from Queens University Belfast.

Garrett Blaney, Commissioner, CER

SEM Committee Member-
Garrett Blaney has been a member of the Commission since February 2010. Garrett's lead responsibilities with the Commission relate to the regulation of gas and electricity safety, gas networks/LNG and gas markets including the Common Arrangements for Gas (CAG) project, fuel disclosure and the Public Service Obligation (PSO) levy. In addition he has responsibility for gas and electricity security of supply issues and for "conventional" electricity generation.

Alan Rainey, Board Member, Utility Regulator

SEM Committee Member-
Alan Rainey has held a wide range of engineering and managemnt positions in the energy industry in Ireland since his graduation form Queen's University Belfast in 1968. An electrical engineer by profession, he has worked on and directed the development and maintenance of electricity generation , transmission and distribution systems throughout Ireland and overseas, working initally for the Electricity Supply Board in the Republic and latterly for the Viridian Group and then Northern Ireland Energy Holdings in Northern Ireland.

Dermot Nolan, Chairperson, CER

SEM Committee Member-

Dermot Nolan has been a member of the Commission since July 2008. Dermot's  lead responsibilities  within the Commission include the regulation of retail gas and electricity, the Single Electricity Market (SEM) and the Commission's Smart Metering project. He is also responsible for the CER's strategic and business planning and chairs the organisation's Audit Committee.

Ignacio Perez-Arriaga, Professor of Electrical Engineering

SEM Committee, Independant Member-
Professor of electrical engineering and Director of the BP Chair on Sustainable Development at Comillas University, Madrid , Spain. Director of training at the Florence School of Regulation, European University Institute,Florence Italy. Life member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering. Former Commissioner of the Spanish Energy Regulatory Commission. He has taught courses in regulation or consulted for energy companies and public institutions in more than 30 countries and published about 150 papers on technical and regulatory topics.

José Sierra López, Commissioner , CNE

SEM Committee , Deputy Independant Member-
José Sierra has been involved in European energy Regulation for meor than 30 years. First in the Spanish Administration , as Director General of Mines and Construction Industries, then as Director of Fossil Energies (coal,oil and gas) in the European Commission, and afterwards as Commissioner of the Spanish Energy Regulatory Commission (CNE).