PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Electric Cables (30 August 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will commission the ESO to make an estimate of the additional number of kilometres of transmission network that will be added to the electricity grid.

Asked by:
Joy Morrissey (Conservative)

Answer

The Secretary of State and Head of Mission Control wrote to the ESO on 23rd August to formally commission advice regarding the key requirements for the Government to meet its clean power commitment by 2030. This includes the transmission network

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66cda5c1e39a8536eac0532e/sos-chris-stark-letter-clean-power-2030.pdf

More detail will be provided in the autumn.


Answered by:
Michael Shanks (Labour)
9 September 2024

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