Sustainable Energy Act, 2002 (No. 2 of 2002).

This Act establishes the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland as a body corporate (sect. 4). The functions of the Authority shall be: (a) to promote and assist environmentally and economically sustainable production, supply and use of energy, (b) to promote and assist energy efficiency and renewable sources of energy, (c) to promote and assist the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and transboundary air pollutants associated with the production, supply and use of energy, (d) to promote and assist the minimising of the impact on the environment of the production, supply and use of energy, (e) to promote and assist research, development and demonstration of technologies connected with the foregoing paragraphs of this subsection, (f) to provide advice, information and guidance; (i) to the Minister and such other Ministers or bodies as the Minister may direct, and (ii) to energy suppliers and users, relating to the matters specified in the foregoing paragraphs of this subsection (sect. 6). The Authority shall be managed by a Board.