Improvements to energy connections between Scotland and England will be made to ensure the “vast” renewable resources north of the border reach areas of high demand, the regulator has said.
Ofgem’s director of strategy and decarbonisation Neil Kenward was asked about grid connection charges experienced by generators in Scotland when he appeared at a Holyrood committee on Tuesday.
Westminster’s Scottish Affairs Committee has called for an urgent review of the electricity grid, saying issues around transmission charges in Scotland need to be addressed.