Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 36751

Energy Supply: Rural Areas

Tabled: 10 March 2025

Answered: 14 March 2025

Named Day

Question

Mary Kelly Foy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made with Ofgem of the potential merits of allocating more funding to local power grids to help ensure the reliability of levels of power supplied to rural

Answer

Michael Shanks

The Government is engaging with Ofgem to ensure that the distribution price control enable the required local infrastructure to power local communities. The current electricity distribution price control (RIIO-ED2 2023-2028) has allowed £22.2bn for upfron...

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