National Transmission Service

HC Deb 19 September 2002 vol 390 cc189-90W

Mr. Salmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the average entry charges into the National Transmission Service were from each of the major UK gas terminals over the last year. [72557]

Mr. Wilson

The information for 3 major terminals is as follows:

	Winter	Summer	Gas Year
p/therm	2001–02	2002	2001–02
Bacton	0.03	0.02	0.02
St Fergus	1.19	1.30	1.25
Teesside	0.34	0.19	0.26

Source:

Transco

Notes:

(i) Volume-weighted averages of prices achieved in Transco's primary auctions for entry capacity. (ii) Winter is the period from October"March (inclusive). Summer is the period from April"September (inclusive). The Gas Year runs from 1 October to 30 September.