Recommendation 16

We are encouraged to see the new Electricity Networks Commissioner appointed with a remit to reduce timelines and look forward to understanding in more detail how this will be achieved. However, it is not clear that the UK Government appreciates that a step change is necessary to deliver a streamlined planning and consent process that enables the achievement of net zero targets. We call on the UK Government to produce a projected timeline for how it will reduce processing times by fifty per cent within a year. (Paragraph 90) Grid capacity in Wales 39