Just what you want for Christmas: a new pylon from National Grid. The company is gearing up to spend an “unprecedented” £35 billion on the transmission network in the five years to March 2031 — at least if Ofgem and the naughty nimbys let it.
And, of course, if the Grid wasn’t serious about making Ed Miliband’s net-zero dreams come true, Britain wouldn’t have a chance. It’s the job of the energy utility to invest in the shift from a fossil-fuel economy to one powered by green stuff. Ditto to meet demand for a world of electric cars, data centres, gigafactories and AI robots trained by Elon Musk.
Even so, the Grid’s 101-page plan for the next regulatory review does highlight the task ahead. It’s
