Transmission Acceleration Public Consultation

NESO has launched a consultation about the proposed response to the Electricity Networks Commissioner’s Report on accelerating electricity transmission network build. The Commissioner’s Report highlighted the actions needed to speed up delivery of new transmission infrastructure to support Great Britain’s energy needs, achieve net zero and support wider economic growth. 

The Commissioner’s Report published in August 2023, undertaken by Nick Winser CBE, set out 43 recommendations which taken together aim to halve the end-to-end build time of transmission infrastructure. Four recommendations were made in relation to outage planning which were assigned under the Government’s response to NESO as the action owner. These recommendations seek to achieve a number of benefits through: a longer term approach to access planning, more optimal phasing of network access, increased system access where risk mitigations exist and a more holistic approach to cost realising benefits of alternative delivery methods.  

This consultation seeks views from stakeholders and customers on the proposals that have been outlined. Given the subject matter this consultation is relatively technical in nature and to help guide responses to the consultation, NESO have set out a number of policy questions in the report which we are seeking views on.    

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