England's Energy Shortage 2014

It is often purported by HM Government that the UK does not have an energy shortage. While that may be true of the UK, it may not be true for England. Looking at the figures below it would seem that England regularly imports electricity from Scotland.

In response to a Parliamentary question the Minister of State of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills issued the following figures.

The following table provides a breakdown of the electricity that passed through the interconnector from England to Scotland and Scotland to England in each month since January 2010.

	Scotland to England Transfers (GWh)	England to Scotland Transfers (GWh)
2010
January	803	16
February	321	122
March	679	31
April	235	—
May	484	11
June	656	7
July	1,113	1
August	606	4
September	1,037	—
October	948	—
November	777	16
December	578	33
2011
January	696	16
February	678	53
March	222	151
April	868	5
May	1,071	0
June	977	0
July	918	—
August	788	2
September	1,064	-
October	1,068	10
November	1,664	—
December	1,819	—
2012
January	1,798	—
February	1,553	—
March	1,416	—
April	508	42
May	306	179
June	301	95
July	352	66
August	505	19
September	932	3
October	875	0
November	1,109	—
December	1,467	2
2013
January	1,225	3
February	930	101
March	697	60
April	1,408	9
May	1,245	2
June	1,119	0
July	928	—
August	994	0
September	734	12
October	1,093	—
November	1,191	12
December	1,908	—
2014
January	1	—
February	1,372	—
March	1,314	0
April	958	5

Source:Aggregated half hourly data supplied by National Grid