To address the delivery risks to the 2035 target, the Government will need to ensure that planning and environmental authorities are properly resourced, that planning guidance is aligned with its decarbonisation goals and that the process is streamlined. Ofgem needs to approve investment in the electricity networks ahead of need and network owners need to deliver on their business plans. The process to securing a grid connection must be overhauled. Demand-side flexibility needs to be treated ...

To address the delivery risks to the 2035 target, the Government will need to ensure that planning and environmental authorities are properly resourced, that planning guidance is aligned with its decarbonisation goals and that the process is streamlined. Ofgem needs to approve investment in the electricity networks ahead of need and network owners need to deliver on their business plans. The process to securing a grid connection must be overhauled. Demand-side flexibility needs to be treated as an equal partner to supply and customers, who are paying for all this new infrastructure, must be at the heart of the transition. This will only be ac Type: conclusion | Number: 65 | Response status: partially_accepted Government response: 103. The Government supports Ofgem’s approach for enabling networks to invest ahead of need, where this is in consumers’ interests. Ofgem has recently approved an ambitious £30bn investment for electricity transmission networks (RIIO-T2) and £22bn investment