'Modern, smarter, digitally enabled': Ofgem sets out price control plan for local networks from 2023

Cecilia Keating
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Energy regulator sets out how it expects to deliver a 'more modern, smarter, digitally enabled' grid that can support up to 11 million electric vehicles by 2030 and increased demand for heat pumps

Ofgem has set out its methodology for determining new price controls for Great Britain's local electricity distribution networks for the RIIO-T2 price control period that will run from April 2023, confirming...

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