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515812

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Electricity Interconnectors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps the Government is taking to support international electricity connectors.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	35661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing electricity interconnection with projects that support our energy objectives.</p><p> </p><p>A number of interconnection projects are already progressing under Ofgem’s regulatory regime1, designed to bring forward interconnection investment in the interest of GB consumers. This includes projects to France, Belgium, Norway, Denmark and Ireland, which have been assessed by Ofgem as offering over £11.8bn in consumer benefits. A second window for applications for the cap and floor project is open until 31 October and the Government is keen to see more projects coming forward that can deliver strong consumer benefits.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also supported a number of mature interconnector projects to benefit from access to European grant funding as Projects of Common Interest.</p><p> </p><p>Together these projects represent billions of pounds of infrastructure investment and aim to more than double our interconnection capacity by the early 2020s. This will make Britain more energy secure and will help lower consumer bills.</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> Source, Ofgem <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/decision-roll-out-cap-and-floor-regime-near-term-electricity-interconnectors" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/decision-roll-out-cap-and-floor-regime-near-term-electricity-interconnectors</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 29/04/2016 14:13:42 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

513626

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Electricity Interconnectors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether her Department has prepared contingency plans relating to interconnection with the continental electricity grid in the event of the UK voting to leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	34442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>At the February European Council, the Government negotiated a new settlement, giving the United Kingdom a special status in a reformed European Union. The Government's position, as set out by my rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the House on 22 February, is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</p><p> </p><p>We currently expect our electricity interconnector capacity with Europe to double by the early 2020s with studies showing they could deliver benefits to British consumers of almost £12 billion over 25 years. As the White Paper that the Government published in February on the process for withdrawing from the European Union makes clear, a vote to leave the EU would lead to a prolonged period of uncertainty, including on the nature of our access to the EU's single energy market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 25/04/2016 10:34:48 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

428106

registered interest
date	13/11/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Electricity Interconnectors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the effect of the National Grid's assumption of electricity supply from interconnectors increasing from 0GW to 1GW of electricity at the same time as electricity margins on the continent shrink on the UK being able to import electricity at times of peak demand.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	16185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>National Grid makes an assessment of the extent to which all GB interconnectors can be relied upon to provide electricity to GB when needed. The assumptions around electricity imports are informed by an assessment of connected markets, including consideration of their electricity margins, the wider network to which they are connected and the chance of coincident scarcity with the connected markets.</p><br /><p>Beyond these market arrangements, should GB need additional support, it is also possible for National Grid as the System Operator to call upon interconnectors at a time of system stress.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/11/2015 15:12:08 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

425680

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Electricity Interconnectors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) all UK electricity generators and operators and (b) developers of gas plants are able to compete on a level playing field after the planned increase in interconnector capacity after 2020.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	14519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The priority of this government is to ensure security of supply at the lowest cost to consumers. Where there are benefits to consumers of further interconnection, this will be identified through Ofgem’s regulatory regime. In this way, we will ensure the efficient level of interconnection and a good balance between domestic generation and continental imports.</p><br /><p>In relation to the Capacity Market, National Grid advises on a sensible range for de-rating factors for interconnectors in the auction from which the Secretary of State will decide the final number. This mitigates the risk of relying too much on imports and ensures that the efficient amount of domestic capacity will always be secured in the auction.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 10/11/2015 15:45:11 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 28301 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

425683

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Electricity Interconnectors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that new interconnector capacity is supported by robust cost analyses.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	14518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>Ofgem, through the regulatory regime introduced in summer last year, have in place a thorough eligibility assessment of individual interconnector projects which provides robust cost analysis, ensuring the interconnectors are in the interest of consumers. The Government is confident that Ofgem’s cost analysis process for interconnectors is appropriate.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 10/11/2015 15:13:31 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 28300 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

423820

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Electricity Interconnectors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans her Department has to support electricity grid interconnections between the UK and other countries.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Poulter
uin	13262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>Electricity interconnection can lower consumer bills, improve security of supply and contribute towards decarbonisation.</p><br /><p>A number of interconnection projects are already progressing under Ofgem’s regulatory regime1, designed to bring forward interconnection investment in the interest of GB consumers. This includes projects to France, Belgium, Norway, Denmark and Ireland, which have been assessed by Ofgem as offering over £11.8bn in consumer benefits. The Government has also supported a number of mature interconnector projects to benefit from access to European grant funding as Projects of Common Interest.</p><br /><p>Together these projects represent billions of pounds of infrastructure investment and aim to more than double our interconnection capacity by the early 2020s. This will make Britain more energy secure and will help lower consumer bills.</p><p><br></p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> Source, Ofgem: <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/decision-roll-out-cap-and-floor-regime-near-term-electricity-interconnectors" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/decision-roll-out-cap-and-floor-regime-near-term-electricity-interconnectors</a></em></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 30/10/2015 13:34:20 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

92201

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Electricity Interconnectors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, under what timetable electrical interconnectors will be allowed to participate in the capacity market auctions on an equal basis with domestic generators.
tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
tabling member printed	Dan Byles
uin	209674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government has confirmed that interconnection will be eligible to participate in the Capacity Market auction from 2015 onwards.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/10/2014 11:45:32 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4112 label Biography information for Dan Byles

92202

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Electricity Interconnectors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions officials in his Department have had with the European Commission on the principle of electrical interconnectors being allowed to bid in the new capacity market auctions.
tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
tabling member printed	Dan Byles
uin	209675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government made clear in December 2011 when it announced its decision to develop a Capacity Market that interconnected capacity should in principle be able to participate within the mechanism. We have worked since that time to achieve this aim, including discussing this issue with the European Commission on a number of occasions.</p><p>On 25<sup>th</sup> September, we published, for consultation, our proposals for enabling interconnectors to participate in the Capacity Market. As part of this process, we will continue to discuss this issue with the Commission before introducing legislation in early 2015.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/10/2014 11:44:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4112 label Biography information for Dan Byles

76752

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Electricity Interconnectors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the amount of electricity that passed through interconnections from (a) England to Scotland and (b) Scotland to England in each month since January 2010.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	204953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The table below provides a breakdown of the electricity that passed through the interconnector from England to Scotland and Scotland to England in each month since January 2010 (Source: Aggregated half hourly data supplied by National Grid):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong><em>Transfers (GWh)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td><p><strong>Scotland-England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England-Scotland</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2010</em></p></td><td><p>Jan</p></td><td><p>803</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2010</em></p></td><td><p>Feb</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>122</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2010</em></p></td><td><p>Mar</p></td><td><p>679</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2010</em></p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2010</em></p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>484</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2010</em></p></td><td><p>Jun</p></td><td><p>656</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2010</em></p></td><td><p>Jul</p></td><td><p>1,113</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2010</em></p></td><td><p>Aug</p></td><td><p>606</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2010</em></p></td><td><p>Sep</p></td><td><p>1,037</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2010</em></p></td><td><p>Oct</p></td><td><p>948</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2010</em></p></td><td><p>Nov</p></td><td><p>777</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2010</em></p></td><td><p>Dec</p></td><td><p>578</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2011</em></p></td><td><p>Jan</p></td><td><p>696</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2011</em></p></td><td><p>Feb</p></td><td><p>678</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2011</em></p></td><td><p>Mar</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2011</em></p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td><p>868</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2011</em></p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>1,071</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2011</em></p></td><td><p>Jun</p></td><td><p>977</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2011</em></p></td><td><p>Jul</p></td><td><p>918</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2011</em></p></td><td><p>Aug</p></td><td><p>788</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2011</em></p></td><td><p>Sep</p></td><td><p>1,064</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2011</em></p></td><td><p>Oct</p></td><td><p>1,068</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2011</em></p></td><td><p>Nov</p></td><td><p>1,664</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2011</em></p></td><td><p>Dec</p></td><td><p>1,819</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2012</em></p></td><td><p>Jan</p></td><td><p>1,798</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2012</em></p></td><td><p>Feb</p></td><td><p>1,553</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2012</em></p></td><td><p>Mar</p></td><td><p>1,416</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2012</em></p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td><p>508</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2012</em></p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>306</p></td><td><p>179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2012</em></p></td><td><p>Jun</p></td><td><p>301</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2012</em></p></td><td><p>Jul</p></td><td><p>352</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2012</em></p></td><td><p>Aug</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2012</em></p></td><td><p>Sep</p></td><td><p>932</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2012</em></p></td><td><p>Oct</p></td><td><p>875</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2012</em></p></td><td><p>Nov</p></td><td><p>1,109</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2012</em></p></td><td><p>Dec</p></td><td><p>1,467</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2013</em></p></td><td><p>Jan</p></td><td><p>1,225</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2013</em></p></td><td><p>Feb</p></td><td><p>930</p></td><td><p>101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2013</em></p></td><td><p>Mar</p></td><td><p>697</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2013</em></p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td><p>1,408</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2013</em></p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>1,245</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2013</em></p></td><td><p>Jun</p></td><td><p>1,119</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2013</em></p></td><td><p>Jul</p></td><td><p>928</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2013</em></p></td><td><p>Aug</p></td><td><p>994</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2013</em></p></td><td><p>Sep</p></td><td><p>734</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2013</em></p></td><td><p>Oct</p></td><td><p>1,093</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2013</em></p></td><td><p>Nov</p></td><td><p>1,191</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2013</em></p></td><td><p>Dec</p></td><td><p>1,908</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2014</em></p></td><td><p>Jan</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2014</em></p></td><td><p>Feb</p></td><td><p>1,372</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2014</em></p></td><td><p>Mar</p></td><td><p>1,314</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2014</em></p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td><p>958</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 15/07/2014 14:42:20 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon previous answer version 10134 answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex