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date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Electricity Interconnectors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the use of electricity interconnectors on energy (a) security and (b) supply.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	21587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Government consider that interconnectors will play a key role in enabling greater security of supply by providing access to a more diverse electricity generation mix, responding to shocks in the GB system by importing electricity.</p><p> </p><p>The Capacity Market (CM) is our main tool for ensuring security of electricity supply. CM auction targets are set based on advice from the Electricity System Operator’s Electricity Capacity Report which considers the contribution interconnectors make to security of supply.</p><p> </p><p>With the exception of 2022, GB has historically been a net importer of electricity, though ESO forecasts suggest that GB will likely become a net exporter in future.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 21592 question first answered 23/04/2024 09:54:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1700802

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Electricity: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increasing the use of imported electricity on (a) industrial and (b) domestic energy prices.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	21588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Interconnectors are built to share energy with some of our closest European allies, who are also generating renewable, clean energy at affordable prices, enabling access to lower-cost electricity for GB consumers. Analysis supporting the Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan<sup> [1]</sup> showed that increasing the level of interconnection could reduce system costs by over £1bn annually (based on 2012 prices).</p><p> </p><p>New interconnectors are subject to an independent and robust regulatory process run by Ofgem, ensuring that only projects which bring benefits to GB consumers are built.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Ftransitioning-to-a-net-zero-energy-system-smart-systems-and-flexibility-plan-2021&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C0ddc514211ec4a82506708dc6379fab9%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638494622800431184%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=cChehMSRpVrxCvsiJHNxrK2RJT%2FKWV5LFjioXCOhz%2Fo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transitioning-to-a-net-zero-energy-system-smart-systems-and-flexibility-plan-2021</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/04/2024 09:57:24 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1700806

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Electricity: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when her Department last made an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the level of imported electricity through interconnectors on energy security.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	21592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Government consider that interconnectors will play a key role in enabling greater security of supply by providing access to a more diverse electricity generation mix, responding to shocks in the GB system by importing electricity.</p><p> </p><p>The Capacity Market (CM) is our main tool for ensuring security of electricity supply. CM auction targets are set based on advice from the Electricity System Operator’s Electricity Capacity Report which considers the contribution interconnectors make to security of supply.</p><p> </p><p>With the exception of 2022, GB has historically been a net importer of electricity, though ESO forecasts suggest that GB will likely become a net exporter in future.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 21587 question first answered 23/04/2024 09:54:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell