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Carbon Emissions: Northern Ireland

Asked by Jim AllisterTraditional Unionist VoiceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 15 December 2025UIN 99139

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what is the value of environmental/carbon border charges that have applied to the movement of electricity from Great Britain to Northern Ireland as a result of moving from Great Britain, loca

Answered by Michael Shanks

The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism does not apply in Northern Ireland and there are therefore no carbon border charges Great Britain-Northern Ireland.

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