Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that investment in the energy grid infrastructure will help to support its net zero targets.

The electrification of transport, heating and other sectors, to improve energy security and meet net zero, will increase demand on the electricity network. Government is committed to transforming the electricity network to meet this demand, as set out, jointly with Ofgem, in the Electricity Networks Strategic Framework.

The amount network operators can invest is regulated by Ofgem. In its current distribution network price control, Ofgem has allowed £3.1bn for distribution network upgrades to support the uptake of low-carbon technologies. Ofgem has also set out approximately £20bn worth of transmission network projects to be accelerated.