The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources leads the government’s action on energy matters, energy taxation is a responsibility of the Department of Finance, and the DoEHLG oversees climate change policy. It oversees the operation, maintenance and licensing of the transmission and distribution networks, promotes competition in the markets and sets the regulated prices charged to customers by the state-owned Electricity Supply Board and Board Gais Eireann. The commission is funded by a levy on energy enterprises and licensing fees.