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Fri Aug 06 09:55:45 +0000 2021

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Alan Brown MP @AlanBrownSNP

@LazyFruitbat I am well aware and SSE and SPEN are calling for changes as the charges are not reflective of the costs of moving electricity...illustrated perfectly by companies being paid to connect in the south east of England. You can't have a negative cost of infrastructure there ... — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 6, 2021

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Alan Brown MP @AlanBrownSNP

With the highest grid charges in Europe.... The windfarm visited by Johnson will pay £38m a year in grid charges. A windfarm off the SE coast of England gets PAID £7m a year. That's nearly £1bn of a difference over 20years. Change needs to happen. — PolitiTweet.org

Michael Matheson MSP @MathesonMichael

Scotland has 60% of UK's offshore wind capacity and 25% of Europes wind resource. Meanwhile UK governments transmi… https://t.co/BVagaxLD30

Posted Aug. 6, 2021

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Alan Brown MP @AlanBrownSNP

@Scots_Woe_Hey @fr4ser Your analysis isn't correct. Charging regime agreed with regulator who answers to UKG. Charging system set in 1992 based on where best to build coal, gas or nuclear stations. Unchanged nearly 30years later when the question is where best to site renewables. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 6, 2021

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