Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 4389

National Grid: Costs

Tabled: 5 September 2024
Answered: 10 September 2024
Named Day

Question

James Cartlidge

Conservative — South Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact on consumer energy bills of the total lifetime cost of delivering (a) the Western Link and (b) all current and future stages of the Eastern

Answer

Michael Shanks
Electricity network reinforcements are only approved where they are in the interests of consumers and help reduce overall system costs. For both the Western Link and the Eastern Green Link projects, decisions to proceed were based on robust cost-benefit a...
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