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Recommendation 7
7
Deferred
Paragraph: 46
Address urgent barriers to long-term energy storage through government investment and policy reforms.
Recommendation
The Government must address as a matter of urgency the barriers to long term energy storage for the UK to ensure it can provide its citizens with clean and reliable energy during periods of limited renewable generation. This can be delivered through direct Government intervention and investment in infrastructure, as well as through regulatory and policy reforms, such as cap and floor mechanisms or a reformed capacity mechanism, that signal to the market the value of long-term energy storage.
Government Response Summary
The government's response focuses on Ofgem's work with the ENA to make connections queue data publicly available monthly, which does not directly address the broader policy and investment barriers to long-term energy storage or the suggested regulatory reforms.
Paragraph Reference:
46
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
Ofgem has worked with the Energy Networks Association (ENA) to ensure data on the status of the connections queue is collected from network companies and made publicly available on a regular basis. This data is now published on a monthly basis on the ENA website.8