Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 123410

Electricity: Infrastructure

Tabled: 24 March 2026

Answered: 1 April 2026

Question

Gideon Amos

Liberal Democrat — Taunton and Wellington

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that network operators do not bear the cost of the necessary wayleave process when landowners serve notices to remove electricity infrastructure.

Answer

Michael Shanks

Government recognises that Network Operators play an important public service role in developing and maintaining an efficient, co-ordinated and economical system of electricity distribution and transmission – this includes securing the necessary permissio...

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