The Government should outline the circumstances in which higher grid construction costs, for example due to undergrounding, are justified to enable rural communities to keep pace with the decarbonisation transition.

The Government should outline the circumstances in which higher grid construction costs, for example due to undergrounding, are justified to enable rural communities to keep pace with the decarbonisation transition. Type: recommendation | Number: 22 | Paragraph: 110 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: The Government recognises that grid connection costs can be high in rural areas due, for example to distance from the existing network. Ofgem are revising how customers are charged for connecting to the distribution networks, meaning that they will no longer have to contribute to (in the case of dem