Current status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of how electricity transmission network charges in Scotland are expected to change over the next (a) five and (b) 10 years
As it is the UK Government which has responsibility for energy regulation and transmission charging, the Scottish Government has not carried out any formal analysis on how transmission charges are expected to change over the next decade.
Forecasts are produced by the National Energy System Operator (NESO).
We are clear that the current system of transmission charging is entirely unfit for purpose and unfairly penalises Scottish generators, putting them at a significant commercial disadvantage.
Successive UK Governments have failed to set out a long-term solution to this issue, and the current UK Government must urgently do set out plans on how they rectify the situation, as well introducing short to medium term measures to address the impact of unfair transmission charges on Scottish generators.