Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)

What will be the ultimate cost of the interconnector? What is its intended route? What implications, if any, will selecting the developer on a hybrid basis have for the State? What impact will the interconnector have on the electricity market when it is opened in 2012? For example, how will it affect the marginal cost, the retail sales index and the role of the incumbent, the ESB? In other words, in what way will it promote competition? What impact will it have on renewables? What role will wind power play in the all-Ireland market from 2012 onwards?

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