Energy: Prices

(asked on 14th July 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the National Energy System Operator’s estimate that network delays could add £4.2 billion to consumer energy bills by 2030; and what steps they are taking to minimise these costs to consumers.


Answered by
Lord Wilson of Sedgefield Portrait
Lord Wilson of Sedgefield
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
This question was answered on 28th July 2025

Upgrading and expanding the electricity network is critical to the government’s mission of making Britain a Clean Energy Superpower. NESO analysis suggests that bringing forward critical transmission network projects and avoiding delays to wider network build could deliver savings of approximately £4bn in 2030 by reducing constraint costs. That is why we are taking bold steps to accelerate infrastructure build, speed up planning, and reform grid connections.

Over the past year alone, we’ve delivered the most significant investment in clean, homegrown energy in British history, laying the foundations for a clean, secure future energy system that protects bill payers.

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