Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with representatives of UK-based electricity generators on the market advantages experienced by (a) interconnectors and (b) companies that propose the construction of interconnectors.

We regularly meet with representatives of UK based electricity generators on a range of matters, including on electricity interconnector policy. The department also consults industry on policy relating to interconnectors. For example, over the summer the Department held a Call for Evidence for the Capacity Market Review. One of the priority issues for this Capacity Market Review is the contribution that interconnectors make to security of supply and whether they are compensated appropriately.