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SP Energy Networks marks six months into £12bn grid investment plan
SP Energy Networks has reported progress on RIIO-T3, the five-year regulatory price settlement that began on 1 April 2026 and commits £12 billion to modernising and expanding transmission across central and southern Scotland. The company says it has grown its transmission workforce to 1,000 staff and awarded the first £1.6 million of community benefit funding, while work continues on Eastern Green Link 1 and the Redshaw substation.
Our readSix months into a five-year, £12bn plan, the figure that will matter most is whether hundreds of individual projects keep pace with the 2030 clean power timetable behind it.
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