Tag: grid
SNP repeat calls for action on unfair transmission charges after SSE...
By Bob Duncan Unfair transmission charges that are hitting Scottish consumers need to be addressed a Scottish MEP has insisted. SNP MEP Alyn Smith has...
SNP give cautious welcome to Ofgem ‘Grid Charging’ report
By G.A.Ponsonby The SNP has issued a cautious welcome after energy watchdog Ofgem published their interim proposals for changing the model that determines electricity...
UK energy policy sabotaging Scotland’s renewable potential
by a Newsnet reporter It has been revealed that preliminary findings of a study carried out by energy regulator Ofgem fatally undermine the UK...
Salmond demands action on ‘disgraceful discrimination’ of electricity grid charges
By G.A.Ponsonby First Minister Alex Salmond has attacked the delay in addressing what he described as the “disgraceful piece of discrimination” that sees Scottish...
Unfair transmission charges hampering Scottish renewable sector
Electricity transmission charges in Scotland are acting as a disincentive to renewable energy projects a lobby group has warned. Highlands and Islands Transmission Working...
Scotland critical to offshore power grid
Scotland is a key region for offshore renewables potential, according to the European Commission.A report published today by the European grid co-ordinator Georg Adamowitsch...
First Minister calls current grid charge system ‘indefensible’
OFGEM's review of electricity charging must bring a long lasting change to deliver a low carbon society, First Minister Alex Salmond has said. Mr...
OFGEM LAUNCHES REVIEW OF UNFAIR GRID CHARGES
Energy watchdog Ofgem has announced that it is to launch a review of the heavily criticised electricity grid charging system after the...