5. 5. Plaid Cymru Debate: National Grid Cables

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:30 pm on 18 January 2017.

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Photo of Mark Isherwood Mark Isherwood Conservative 4:30, 18 January 2017

Diolch. As you know, we both attended a ‘no to pylons’ meeting on Anglesey in December 2015, but do you share my concern that, although the National Grid told me that they’re paid whether they put pylons over or under ground but Ofgem require best value for the customer, the One Voice Wales Anglesey pylon committee, who’ve written to Members on their response to the National Grid consultation, say the grid has declared, since 2012, that the pylon option has been chosen on the basis of cost alone, and that the pylon option brings only negative impacts to the sustainability of small and medium-sized businesses and tourism and agriculture on the island?