Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 12396

Pylons

Tabled: 4 November 2024
Answered: 11 November 2024
Named Day

Question

Mark Garnier

ConservativeWyre Forest

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with the National Energy System Operator on pylon presumption.

Answer

Michael Shanks
Details of Ministers’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. The National Policy Statement for electricity networks (NPS EN-5) sets out that overhead lines should be the strong starting presumpti...

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