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Responding to progress on plans for a new 'electricity superhighway'

27 March 2024

Following today's news from Ofgem of a consultation on a provisional funding package of £3.4 billion for new high voltage power cable infrastructure – described as an 'electricity superhighway' – connecting Peterhead in Aberdeenshire to Drax in North Yorkshire by 2029, a spokesperson of ENA said:

 

"This is great news for the grid. As well as using our existing network to its full potential, we also need to build new infrastructure like this to enable decarbonisation. As well as delivering benefits to customers, projects like this support jobs, our supply chain and our economy."

Notes to editor

Details of the announcement can be found on the Ofgem website

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Energy Networks Association (ENA) is the industry body representing the energy networks. Our members include every major electricity network operator in the UK. The electricity networks are at the heart of the energy transition. They directly employ more than 26,000 people in the UK, including 1,500 apprentices. They are spending and investing £33bn in our electricity grids over the coming years, to ensure safe, reliable and secure energy supplies for the millions of homes and businesses reliant on power every day.

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