KSEC at 10-your input requested

KSEC at 10

KSEC was set-up in 2015, and now has just over 200 shareholders or members.

Now, on this 10th anniversary, we want to take stock or review, both to recall and look forward. To do so we need your input and have set up two ‘Meitheals’ or work groups.

All KSEC members are invited to participate in both groups.

  1. The Recall Meitheal: will gather a list of our activities over the last decade and note some lessons learned.
  2. The Future Meitheal will set the strategic objectives for the next period and review our structures.

The Recall Meitheal: Past Events

Some prompts: 
Week-long Energy Fair-Tralee Library/AGMs/Solar Info sessions/Energy Fair with Tralee Tidy Towns/Energy Fairs Killarney with Cara Credit Union/Info Stalls/LEADER Roadshow around 9 towns/EMP Killorglin/Field Trip-Astellas/ SEC gatherings/Social Media.

The Future Meitheal: Future Direction

Some prompts:
KSEC’s specific objectives for the next few years with structures and rules to suit.
At present KSEC is technically a business. Other models-a charity or not for profit.
Future activities- your interests/would you help eg in a working group? How does this fit with our aims?
How can KSEC help: eg Identify barriers to adoption of sustainable technologies and practices.
Mitigate the impact of loss of power eg including overcoming the requirement to turn off own PV when ‘Mains’ fails.
Disseminate information including loan items eg meters in libraries.
Also welcome: General comments that do not fit elsewhere in this framework.
This first phase is to obtain information, views and comments before holding an on-line brain-storming members’ session.

Send your contribution, views and thoughts for both Recall & Future Meithealsl to info@ksec.ie. by 30th September 2025.

Thank you for taking the time to do this.

Kevin O’Farrell

KSEC Chairperson

2 September 2025