Department for Energy Security and Net Zero written question – answered on 17th March 2023.
Margaret Ferrier
Independent, Rutherglen and Hamilton West
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to tackle barriers around planning and consent in developing the transmission network required to support a net zero grid.
Graham Stuart
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
In the British Energy Security Strategy the Government committed to accelerating the delivery of electricity transmission infrastructure. The network blueprint, the Holistic Network Design for onshore-offshore transmission, will be referenced in the energy National Policy Statements (NPS) for England and Wales, supporting the needs case for transmission projects.
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