To
date,
all
six
20-year
licenses
awarded
to
operate
offshore
links
have
gone
to
two
players
–
Transmission
Capital
Partners
and
Blue
Transmission.
That
duopoly,
as
well
as
the
terms
offered
to
bidders,
led
an
influential
group
of
Members
of
Parliament
to
last
month
criticise
the
Offshore
Transmission
Owner
(OFTO)
regime
as
being
uncompetitive
and
representing
poor
value
for
British
taxpayers.
UK
energy-market
regulator
Ofgem
seized
on
the
inclusion
of
two
new
players
–
John
Laing
Investments
and
Skanska
–
as
evidence
that
such…
