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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential to increase exports and imports of electricity through new and existing interconnectors; and if he will make a statement.

As set out in the Clean Growth Strategy, 4.4 gigawatts of new interconnector capacity is currently under construction, and regulatory assessments indicate the potential for at least 9.5 gigawatts more.

Import and export flows on interconnectors are determined by prices in the connected markets. Power should flow from the lower priced market to the higher priced market. This determines the levels of exports and imports on existing interconnectors.