Electricity Generation: Infrastructure

(asked on 20th February 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of directing the Distribution Network Operators and Independent Distribution Network Operators to bury new transmission infrastructure along existing road and rail corridors instead of overhead pylons.


Answered by
Graham Stuart Portrait
Graham Stuart
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 23rd February 2023

Distribution network operators build, own and operate the lower voltage distribution network infrastructure. When identifying preferred options for new infrastructure, Network Operators consider a range of factors including cost, environmental and socioeconomic impacts, deliverability and system benefit. This can include consideration of undergrounding along existing road and rail corridors, however this can significantly increase the costs of projects, which are paid for by consumers.

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