Pay UK households who agree to have power lines nearby, report urges
by Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent from on (#6DHP6)
Energy networks commissioner calls for action to ease backlog of renewables projects
Homeowners in Britain should be paid generous" compensation if they agree to have power lines built nearby in order to help speed the transmission of electricity from new generation projects, a government-commissioned report has urged.
The document from the government's first energy networks commissioner, Nick Winser, calls for new power linesto be built twice as fast to ease the decade-long backlog of renewable energy projects waiting to connect to the grid.
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