CRU Publishes Energy Safety Annual Report 2025
Report outlines CRU’s regulatory activity across gas, electrical and petroleum safety
The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) has published its Energy Safety Annual Report 2025, detailing its regulatory activity across gas, electrical and petroleum safety, including compliance monitoring, investigations of incidents and suspected illegal works, enforcement, and oversight of the Registered Gas Installer and Safe Electric schemes.
Further CRU energy safety oversight, enforcement and regulatory activity during 2025 included:
- Maintaining regulatory oversight of Registered Gas Installers and Registered Electrical Contractors nationwide and their completion certification during 2025
- Investigating reports of suspected illegal gas and electrical work and taking enforcement action where appropriate formed part of CRU’s regulatory activity during 2025. Related court cases resulted in successful prosecutions and adjournments.
- Monitoring gas-network risks included reviewing reported gas incidents and recording third-party damage to service lines, uncontrolled gas releases and meter-tampering events.
- Carrying out LPG inspections during 2025 and maintaining oversight of known unlicensed LPG sites at year end, including live networks and sites in decommissioning.
- Petroleum safety activity included inspections and oversight of reported incidents.
- Advancing electronic certification and, following consultation, publishing a decision on extending the Registered Gas Installer scheme to non-domestic gas works.
The CRU reminds customers to always use a Registered Gas Installer or Registered Electrical Contractor for gas or electrical work.
Members of the public who suspect that gas or restricted electrical work has been carried out illegally can report their concerns to the CRU. Reports are investigated by the CRU’s Gas Safety Officers and Electrical Investigation Officers.
Commenting on the report, the CRU’s Acting Director of Energy Safety, Rory Mee, said: “The Energy Safety Annual Report sets out the CRU’s regulatory activity during 2025. This included inspections, compliance monitoring, investigations and enforcement across the gas, electrical and petroleum safety sectors, together with oversight of the Registered Gas Installer and Safe Electric schemes. We encourage customers to use registered professionals for gas and electrical work and to raise any safety concerns through the appropriate channels.”
The report includes detailed figures on installer and contractor registration, completion certification, enforcement activity, gas-network incidents, meter tampering, LPG inspections and known unlicensed LPG sites.
The Energy Safety Annual Report 2025 is available at www.cru.ie