Constructive talks on transmission charges

The SNP Government has today met with Ofgem and the National Grid to discuss transmission charging. The discussion was aimed at addressing the impact of a chaning pattern on the grid system. 

 Following today's meeting with Ofgem and the National Grid about transmission charging Energy Minister Jim Mather said:

"There is a common interest in getting a fair charging regime for Scotland, so that Scotland, the UK as a whole and Europe are in the best possible position to deliver on our shared ambitious energy and climate change targets, and we had a constructive meeting as part of our ongoing efforts to address this issue.

"Following today's meeting work is underway in a number of areas to address the impact of a changing pattern of generation on the grid system and a number of new ideas were put forward which participants agreed to consider further.

"It was also agreed that that other key external stakeholders, including the Department of Energy and Climate Change should be brought into the process."