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Six volumes on this sector, every figure traced to a named primary source and carried at a stated verification date. We read Ofgem RIIO-3, National Gas Transmission, the four gas distribution networks, DESNZ and the CCC so that you do not have to. Scroll down to see what is in them.
RIIO-GT3 and GD3 are the first price controls of the decline era.
Three pathways sit in front of them — blending, full conversion, or hybrid — and only one decision.
With the pilots that will settle it, read from the source and dated.
Plus the critical minerals position: a grid build-out is a programme of materials.
Check which repurposing pathway a network has chosen before you specify plant with a twenty-year life.
Track the RIIO-GT3 and GD3 allowances against what the four distribution networks actually spend.
See where the hydrogen pilots stand — H100 Fife and HyDeploy — and what they have proved so far.
Read the critical minerals position against the grid build-out that depends on those materials.
The gas network is the pipes that carry gas from the terminals and storage sites to homes, businesses, industry and power stations across Britain. National Gas Transmission runs the national pipes, and four regional distribution companies run the local ones.
Treat the gas networks' budgets for 2026 to 2031 as unsettled if you bid for their work. Ofgem's decision of 4 December 2025 set £17.8 billion of upfront investment for gas transmission and distribution, adding about £48 to a typical gas bill by 2031. All four distribution companies appealed, and on 29 October 2026 the Competition and Markets Authority sent parts of the decision on their spending back to Ofgem to reconsider.
Plan without hydrogen in homes for now. The government agreed in principle in December 2023 to blending up to 20 per cent hydrogen into the local gas networks, but it still hasn't made a final decision. SGN, the gas distribution company for Scotland and southern England, finished building the 8.4 km hydrogen network for its H100 trial in Fife in December 2024, and now expects to connect customers in 2027.
If you also bid for grid, battery or wind work, keep an eye on material costs too. That work leans on lithium, nickel, rare earths and other critical minerals, and because the UK imports more than it produces, your material costs are tied to supply chains abroad. The UK Critical Minerals Strategy of 22 November 2025 aims to meet at least 10 per cent of UK needs from domestic production and 20 per cent from recycling by 2035.
| Figure | What it is | Source and date |
|---|---|---|
| £17.8 billion | Upfront investment Ofgem set for Britain's gas networks, 2026 to 2031, before the appeal | Ofgem, 4 December 2025 |
| £48 | Ofgem's estimate of what the gas network decisions add to a typical gas bill by 2031 | Ofgem, 4 December 2025 |
| £30 a year | Ofgem's estimate of the net rise in a typical gas and electricity bill by 2031 from all its network decisions, once expected savings are counted | Ofgem, 4 December 2025 |
Watch for Ofgem's reworked decision on the distribution companies after the appeal, because it could change what they can spend on work like yours.
Keep an eye on gas security as well. The government said on 18 August 2026 that gas storage sites and two interconnectors, the two-way pipelines linking Britain's gas network to Europe, may need long-term financial support. That was its interim response to the gas security of supply consultation, and it promised a full one but gave no date.
Put 6 December 2026 in your diary. That's the closing date for the consultation on when old offshore oil and gas platforms can be left partly in place rather than removed.
Follow the Energy Independence Bill, introduced on 4 November 2026. The government says it will amend the bill to help scrap the standing charge on gas bills for around 23 million households.
Read the latest gas and minerals news in The Wire below, with a link to each source, and open any project on our map to see when we last checked it.
Expect some Irish news or projects in the lists below. If Ireland is where you bid, our Ireland volumes cover its market separately, sector by sector.
Not sure which of our reports you need? Email book@gridteamai.com and we'll point you to the right one. Figures checked 9 November 2026.
Underneath the electricity grid sits the critical minerals supply chain. Copper, lithium, cobalt, nickel, rare earths, chromium — the UK's exposure to international supply chains for the grid build-out is a structural strategic question.
Watch this sector live on the boards — the Heatmap for its projects, the Data Board for its targets against delivery.
Open any volume and you get consultancy-grade depth: twelve findings, headline figures, the Director's Six-Check, a glossary of named entities, and named UK GDN + supplier + storage operator entities. deep report PDF + two-page Crib Sheet + quarterly Currency Addendum.
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