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Two-track strategic network plan proposed

Two-track strategic network plan proposed

The Future System Operator should create two versions of the Centralised Strategic Network Plan – a shorter-term version to firmly establish the need for specific grid upgrades and a longer-term version to provide visibility over the likely scale of future investment. The Energy Systems Catapult says both should be informed by a Strategic Spatial Energy Plan that maps outs government targets across the country.  

2 years ago

Public backs new grid infrastructure

2 years ago

Green light for SSEN’s £488m Skye power line upgrade

SSEN’s £488 million proposal to upgrade power lines between Fort Augustus and the Isle of Skye has been given the green light. Ofgem approved the plans after ruling that “there is sufficient evidence of a clear needs case for the Skye project on the basis that there is the need for asset intervention and that new generation has shown enough progress to warrant adding additional capacity to the Skye circuit”. The plans include replacing the existing single 132kV overhead line (OHL) which spans across 160km between Fort Augustus on the mainland to Ardmore on the Isle of Skye.

2 years ago

Weekend press: Shapps to slash energy bill support

2 years ago

Grid equipment and design should be standardised

2 years ago

Don’t kick the can down the road on smart water metering

2 years ago

Government sets out approach for regulating heat networks

2 years ago

Energy secretary to get national security veto over FSO

2 years ago

Octopus objects to additional bad debt allowance in PPM cap

2 years ago

Winser backs lump sums for homes close to new power lines

2 years ago

CfD boost is ‘too little, too late’

2 years ago

SGN moves to next phase of hydrogen pipeline project

2 years ago

Anglian CFO leaving for Pennon

2 years ago

Smart meter network gets 4G upgrade

2 years ago

Shock tactics needed to provoke behaviour change

To effectively help people change how they use water, messaging should be "serious and potentially shocking" to convey the starkness of water shortages, research by CCW has shown. It reviewed public reaction to a range of tones and styles to encourage people to change their behaviour.

2 years ago

Networks see £1.5bn boost from surging inflation

2 years ago

Octopus dominates energy supplier star ratings

2 years ago

Government backs RAB for hydrogen transport

2 years ago

Opportunity to use smart meter data for ‘far greater good’

2 years ago

Customer debt levels ‘worse in Covid’

2 years ago

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