National Grid Viking Link Limited – Decision on a request for a later regime start date for the Viking Link interconnector project
Decision
Publication date
Company
Industry sector
Transmission Network
Licence type
Electricity Interconnector Licence
Related links
- Decision on the Final Project Assessment of the Viking Link interconnector to Denmark
- Cap and floor interconnectors: Decision on pre-operational force majeure arrangements
- Consultation on our proposed approach in circumstances where an interconnector projects’ cap and floor regime start date has been delayed due to force majeure events in the pre-operational period
In June 2021, we published a decision providing a means for cap and floor interconnector projects that have encountered delays, caused by force majeure events during the pre-operational period, to request a later Regime Start Date (RSD).
National Grid Viking Link Limited (NGVL), the developer of the Viking Link interconnector to Denmark, submitted a request for a delay to their RSD based on events the project has experienced which NGVL consider to be beyond its reasonable control and which have obstructed progress in some key areas. After careful consideration, we have partially approved NGVL’s request to specify a later RSD and intend to adjust the RSD from 1 January 2021 to 1 January 2023 for Viking Link.
We will reflect this decision in NGVL’s interconnector licence once the project’s specific cap and floor regime has been implemented in its licence.