Sir, – The Scottish onshore wind industry is facing a steep rise in grid charges from April next year.
The Beauly to Denny transmission pylons were built at a cost of more than £700 million, specifically to bring wind electricity from remote locations to where it was needed.
All of the costs were shared by all electricity producers across the United Kingdom, not just Scottish wind electricity producers.
To the dismay of the already heavily subsidised wind industry, Ofgem has approved balancing and settlement code P350 which introduces charging for transmission losses across different zones.
This new measure is designed to better reflect the cost of electricity lost as it travels from the point of generation to the point of use.
It is only right that wind electricity generators in Scotland are now facing far higher charges due to their distance from large markets since, after all, they have been reaping huge subsidies from UK consumers for years.
Scottish Renewables, the propaganda machine for the wind industry, is already issuing press releases and it will not be long before we hear the Scottish Government cry “It’s all Westminster’s fault”.
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