'Turn Britain's streets green': Ofgem unveils plan to prep local grids for EV surge

Cecilia Keating
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Proposals for next electricity distribution price control period geared at developing more flexible grid for EVs, electric heating, batteries and digitisation

Ofgem has announced a series of proposals geared at priming local electricity networks for a surge of clean energy capacity and electric vehicles, as the regulator set out its vision for the next price...

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