Derek Twigg – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Derek Twigg on 2015-11-03.

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.

Andrea Leadsom

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.