Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jul 2022
New Pylons: East Anglia
"I beg to move,
That this House has considered new pylons in East Anglia.
It is my great pleasure to introduce this debate on the prospect of new pylons in the east of England, and I thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting us time to discuss the new electricity …..."Bernard Jenkin - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jul 2022
New Pylons: East Anglia
"I am very grateful to my right hon. Friend for his kind words. I agree with him completely. One of my arguments is that this consultation is completely inadequate. All the respondents to the House of Commons engagement team’s inquiries expressed a strong preference for an offshore transmission system, which …..."Bernard Jenkin - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jul 2022
New Pylons: East Anglia
"No, it is not, but to be fair to National Grid, it engaged openly with us and we were grateful for that engagement. I believe the people at National Grid are doing their best; of course, they are working within a regulatory framework and against expectations that have been set …..."Bernard Jenkin - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jul 2022
New Pylons: East Anglia
"I am not familiar with that issue, but the scientific literature on the health impact of pylons is still contested. There is no doubt, though, that they have a psychological impact, and that the psychological blight on people’s lives can be very serious.
People do not like living near pylons, …..."Bernard Jenkin - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jul 2022
New Pylons: East Anglia
"That is absolutely right, but we also need to make the point that even if the evidence is made available and proves the point in favour of the present proposals, it is against benchmarks that are out of date and inadequate for the purpose. That is why I call this …..."Bernard Jenkin - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jul 2022
New Pylons: East Anglia
"My hon. Friend is completely right, but the real question is: to whom do we go to get it done? National Grid says it is locked into a regulatory and planning framework and has to operate in a certain way—that the assumption must be that overhead pylons are the right …..."Bernard Jenkin - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jul 2022
New Pylons: East Anglia
"I could not agree more. We have environmental policies and net zero policies that are costing the earth, even though they are designed to save the earth—they are very important policies and we put a great deal of money into them—and yet we have other policies that despoil the environment …..."Bernard Jenkin - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jul 2022
New Pylons: East Anglia
"I am most grateful for your chairmanship of these proceedings, Mr Stringer, and to the Minister for his response and the care that he has taken over the matter. I am extremely grateful for the kind words that everybody has expressed to me today and for the high quality of …..."Bernard Jenkin - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 6th June 2022
Asked by:
Bernard Jenkin (Conservative - Harwich and North Essex)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will estimate the likely (a) length of cabling, (b) transmission capacity, (c) financial cost of the proposed Sealink 1 undersea electrical cable from Sizewell to Kent, referred to as SCD1 in the latest National Grid Network Options Appraisal; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Greg Hands
National Grid Electricity Transmission is currently developing proposals for Sea Link, a new planned 2GW high voltage undersea electricity link between Suffolk and Kent.
(a) Length of cabling: ~150km, consisting of ~140km DC cable (of which 130km will be offshore and 10km onshore) and ~10km of onshore AC cables);
(b) Transmission capacity: 2GW High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC);
(c) Financial cost of the proposed Sea Link undersea electrical cable from Sizewell to Kent: This project is forecast to cost ~£1.2bn. This includes the cost to connect the link to the existing transmission system at either end, the converter stations and the cable required between the two. This figure is however subject to final engineering design, commodity prices, landowner agreements and mitigation.
Written Question
Monday 6th June 2022
Asked by:
Bernard Jenkin (Conservative - Harwich and North Essex)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much of the estimated cost of each of the following undersea electricity transmission cables will ultimately be funded through electricity bills to residential and commercial customers (a) western link (Hunterston to Flintshire Bridge), (b) eastern link (Peterhead to Drax) and (c) Sealink 1 (Sizewell to Kent).
Answered by Greg Hands
All electricity network costs approved by the independent regulator Ofgem are funded through the network charges paid by electricity suppliers and generators. Ultimately, all such costs will be met by electricity consumers through their electricity bills.