187 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his Department’s views regarding the level and number of amber and red alerts that the energy regulator had to issue in the second half of 2005 due to the unavailability of existing generation plant; if his attention has been drawn to the reported recent operation of emergency generating plant for some 15 to 17 hours a day on a regular basis and the extreme volatility in the top up price that independent generators have had to pay for additional power due as a result of this capacity problem; and if such volatility will discourage new entrants into the Irish electricity market. [2191/06]

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187 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his Department’s views regarding the level and number of amber and red alerts that the energy regulator had to issue in the second half of 2005 due to the unavailability of existing generation plant; if his attention has been drawn to the reported recent operation of emergency generating plant for some 15 to 17 hours a day on a regular basis and the extreme volatility in the top up price that independent generators have had to pay for additional power due as a result of this capacity problem; and if such volatility will discourage new entrants into the Irish electricity market. [2191/06]

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