As part of the transition to a lower carbon future, it is necessary to support and encourage the development of renewable energy projects and that the cost of this support, as decided by Government policy, should be shared across electricity customers as fairly and equally as possible. The Public Service Obligation (PSO) is a charge distributed across all final electricity customers in Ireland and is used to fund Irish Government schemes to support the construction and operation of sources of renewable electricity. The PSO currently supports the Government Renewable Energy Feed-In Tariff (REFIT) and the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS), both of which support renewable electricity generation projects. The PSO Levy is now entirely related to renewable electricity supports and is key in enabling Ireland to meet its national targets in terms of the generation of electricity from renewables and aligns with the CRU’s vision of achieving a secure, low carbon future.