Extensive upgrades of existing electricity transmission infrastructure, together with hundreds of miles of new overhead lines are being planned as part of the National Grid ESO ’Pathway to 2030’, an ambitious plan to extend and upgrade the electricity network throughout the UK.
Electricity network providers are pressing Government for a revised regulatory framework that encourages faster decision making and greater certainty for the delivery of improvements. This could be good for the country as a whole but might create greater pressures on landowners to accept proposals presented as a ‘fait accompli’.
Landowners will be asked by SSE or. . .
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