MAY I point out to Andrew Mitchell (Letters, May 9) that my letter (May 8)
made no claim that the cross-border interconnectors would disappear in the
event of independence. My topic was focused on the economics of electricity
costs and as European Legislation means that Scotland cannot export the
subsidy bill to foreign consumers in England, then the renewable green levy
would increase by a factor of 12.5 once the English no longer paid 92 per
cent of the current bill. That would be an additional figure of around £840
per house-hold per year.
Has Mr Mitchell ascertained the impact of this cost on the 40 per centof
Scots living in fuel poverty – especially when MSPs pledged to eliminate
such poverty by 2016?
Ian Moir,
79 Queen Street, Castle Douglas.
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