Without intervention, almost a quarter of the current primary substations in Great Britain (23%) could be operating at maximum capacity by the end of this decade, with this proportion surging to almost a half (45%) by 2035. The figures are contained in a new report on local electricity networks from Regen and the MCS Foundation, which urges the government, the regulator and industry to “learn lessons” from the transmission network, “where a failure to plan and invest has led to long delays".
Nearly half of primary substations could hit max capacity by 2035
