Reformed National Pricing Delivery Plan

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) is consulting on potential reforms to the Reformed National Pricing (RNP) siting and investment levers, including how these could be combined, as outlined in Chapter 2 of the RNP Delivery Plan. It is important that these policy levers support delivery of the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan (SSEP) to reduce total system costs and consumer bills by influencing the location of new generation and storage projects in line with the SSEP’s requirements. This consultation therefore seeks views on potential reforms to the key siting and investment levers as part of RNP. Please note that Ofgem (as the authority on Transmission Network Use of System Charges) has launched a Call for Input (closing on 26 May) setting out in more detail how the regulatory levers of network and connections charging could be reformed to align with RNP and support delivery of the SSEP. The Call for Input seeks views on additional design