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Pounds for pylons offer has 59% chance of halting delays
The government has insisted its proposed £1.5 billion package of payments to communities hosting grid projects will have only a negligible impact on wider bills, while also admitting it offers only a slightly better than even chance of thwarting delays.
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Government and Ofgem raise concerns over grid reforms
The annual application windows proposed by the Electricity System Operator as part of long-term reforms to the connections process may not work for some types of projects, the government and energy regulator have cautioned. The comments were included in the six-point Connections Action Plan issued by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and Ofgem.
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‘Triage’ process to prioritise strategic connections
The government will manage a “triage” process for prioritising the connection of strategically important energy projects as part of its joint action plan with Ofgem for speeding up grid connections. Working with the regulator, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) will establish a Connections Delivery Board to oversee the implementation of the six-point plan, which aims to cut the average wait for a connection from 5 years to 6 months.  
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Stark: Sunak sending ‘mixed messages’ on EVs
Rishi Sunak has sent out “mixed messages” by relaxing the phase out of petrol and diesel cars and vans until 2035, while maintaining targets for motor manufacturers to make electric vehicles, Chris Stark has warned. The Climate Change Committee chief executive said the relaxation of the previous 2030 EV target was one of the two aspects of the prime minister’s September net zero announcement he was “most worried” about.
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Hunt unveils generation levy exemption and grid planning overhaul
Jeremy Hunt has announced that new electricity generation will be exempted from the government’s windfall levy on the sector, while unveiling a wide-ranging package of energy infrastructure planning changes in his Autumn Statement. The statement, widely reckoned to be the last before the next general election, contains a series of announcements on reforming the planning system and speeding up electricity grid connection timetables.
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Nissan seeks change to network charges for EV plant
Ofgem has fast-tracked a proposal by Nissan to alter the way residual transmission charges on demand are applied to multiple customers connected to the transmission network at the same site. The regulator said urgent status for the modification was requested on the grounds that it will “significantly impact the commercial viability” of an “imminent and substantial investment decision” by Nissan and its partner AESC.
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Weekend press: Water firms to spend £272bn on upgrades  
In our latest round-up of the weekend’s national news coverage, Moody’s estimates that water companies are planning to spend £272 billion on upgrading sewage infrastructure over the next 25 years. Elsewhere, experts warn that new UK electric car charging laws do not solve all issues and Southern Water apologises for floods on the south coast.
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CCC: Net zero row back ‘likely to increase bills’
Prime minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to row back on several net zero targets is likely to hit consumers hardest, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC). The government’s statutory adviser has warned that Sunak’s net zero speech last month increases the risk of the UK missing its 2050 decarbonisation target and is also likely to increase customer bills and motoring costs.
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SSEN launches local network planning tool
SSEN Distribution has unveiled a tool which will show local authorities the condition of the electricity network in their area, allowing them to more effectively install low carbon technologies. Developed alongside software provider Advanced Infrastructure, SSEN’s Local Energy Net Zero Accelerator (LENZA) tool will show live capacity on the network, as well as predicted constraints, using a traffic-light system to show whether a new energy asset could be accommodated on the existing network or where further development is required.
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Rate of EV charger installs ramps up
The rate at which electric vehicle (EV) charge points are being installed in the UK has significantly picked up this year. Zapmap, a charge point mapping service, has confirmed that the UK now has more than 50,000 EV charging points. Given the current rate of installation, Zapmap estimates that the UK is likely to reach 100,000 charging devices in August 2025.
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Net zero tsar claims Sunak’s speech ‘changes nothing’
Rishi Sunak’s recent announcement on the UK’s green initiatives has been branded “fundamentally dishonest” by the author of the government’s review of net zero. Ex-energy minister Chris Skidmore MP criticised the prime minister for touting his Downing Street announcement a fortnight ago as a shift in policy, while speaking at a fringe session at the Conservative party organised by the IPPR thinktank. He said that “nothing has changed” because policy had already allowed for exceptions to the phase out of internal combustion engine small vehicles and fossil fuel boilers by the target dates of 2030 and 2035 respectively.  
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Has Sunak set a net-zero trap for Starmer?
Rishi Sunak’s about-turn on key green policies has opened up a clear divide between Conservatives and Labour on one of the key issues of our time. Utility Week policy correspondent David Blackman asks a host of policy experts how they see the prime minister’s stance going down with voters and how the opposition is likely to respond.
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Long-stay car parks could unlock 4.3GW of flexible energy
UKPN claims that more than 1.3 million homes could be powered by utilising electric car batteries when they are parked in long-stay car parks. The network operator suggests that 4.3GW of flexible electricity could be unlocked by filling up electric cars’ batteries in long-stay car parks when energy is cheap and demand is low and injecting power back into the system at peak times.
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Sunak ups heat pump grants and pledges grid reform
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has increased the value of grants available to people installing heat pumps while also pledging to draw up a transformative plan to tackle “unacceptable” grid connection delays. The measures are among a series of changes to the country’s net zero policies, which also include relaxing the deadline to phase out gas boilers and pushing back the ban on sales of petrol and diesel vehicles.
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Overcoming the connections crisis: lessons from abroad
The biggest challenge facing the UK’s networks and their partners in delivering the energy transition is the unprecedented and ever-growing queue for new connections. How can innovative practical approaches manage the queue and get low carbon technologies and new sources of electricity demand onto the grid in time to meet the UK’s net zero targets?
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