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Ofgem approves £642m grid upgrade, cuts £60m off ask
Ofgem has approved £642.1 million for National Grid Electricity Transmission's Bramford to Twinstead upgrade between Suffolk and Essex, £60.6 million less than the £702.7 million requested. The project adds 18 kilometres of new overhead line, 11 kilometres of underground cable and a new substation at Twinstead Green, and went through Ofgem's accelerated fast-track route for strategic transmission projects. Ofgem said strengthening the network now should cut the growing cost of paying generators to switch off when the grid cannot move their power.
Our readThe cut to National Grid's own cost estimate shows Ofgem testing transmission bids harder, which contractors bidding into the wider grid upgrade programme should expect to continue.
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