§ 66. Mr. John MacLeodasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that the Mackenzie Committee 64W reported a considerable difference of opinion between the Scottish electricity boards on the proper calculation of the cost of electricity supplied by one board to another; and if he will, in the public interest, issue a general direction to the boards that the price paid should be published.
§ Mr. NobleThe difference of opinion referred to by the Mackenzie Committee related to a calculation of the result of supplying the power imported by the South Board by means other than hydroelectricity. It did not relate to the calculation of the price to be paid for the electricity which is now interchanged between the two Boards. This is governed by statute and the price paid by each Board is published in the Boards' Annual Reports.
In 1962 the South Board, which takes supplies from the North Board at peak periods, paid 1.547d. per unit; while the North Board, which takes supplies from the South Board at off-peak periods, paid 0.648d. per unit.