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"Current governance arrangements were designed for an analogue world and citizens' expectations are for lifestyles to be enhanced, not controlled. The challenge for many in power is to understand the problem let alone propose the solution. Expert help is at hand but will they embrace it or see it as interference?" NETWORK / 3 / JUNE 2017 T H E G R I D JUNE 20% The proportion of properties the Department for Environment and Climate Change, now the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, would like to see connected to heat networks by 2030, up from 2% today." PAGE 22 DUNCAN BOTTING, PAGE 29 EDITORIAL Utilities content director Ellen Bennett, t: 01342 332084, e: ellenbennett@fav-house.com Production controller Sharon Miller, t: 01342 332054 Business development manager Helen Smith, t: 01342 332109 e: helensmith@fav-house.com Business development director Ed Roberts, t: 01342 332067, e: edroberts@fav-house.com Membership manager Peter Bissell, t: 01342 332057, e: peterbissell@fav-house.com Brand marketing manager, utilities Ben Parker, t: 01342 332103, e: benparker@fav-house.com Publisher and chief executive Amanda Barnes, e: amandabarnes@fav-house.com General enquiries 01342 332000 Printed by Buxton Press Palace Road, Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 6AE Published by Faversham House Ltd, Windsor Court, Wood Street, East Grinstead, RH19 1UZ NETWORKS.ONLINE 3 Number of engineers WPD sends to every fault, helping it achieve industry-leading reliability standards. WPD Q&A, PAGE 20 9.1/10 The importance demand-side response will have for UK utilities by 2030. RESEARCH REPORT, PAGE 26 Network is a member of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (which regulates the UK's magazine and newspaper industry). We abide by the Editors' Code of Practice and are committed to upholding the highest standards of journalism. If you think that we have not met those standards and want to make a complaint, please contact the editor. If we are unable to resolve your complaint, or if you would like more information about IPSO or the Editors' Code, contact IPSO on 0300 123 2220 or visit www.ipso.co.uk March of the DSOs "With the trend in distributed generation set to continue and new technologies like electric vehicles and battery storage becoming increasingly prevalent, the challenge now is to scale up active management of the network and progress towards a 'distribution system operator' (DSO) role." DAVID SMITH, ENA CHIEF EXECUTIVE, PAGE 10 £15m The cost to SSEN of removing 90km of overhead power lines from areas of natural beauty. CABLES, PAGE 18 "Until now the majority of designers and heat network operators haven't been able to see how their networks have been performing. And people are afraid of what they can't see." CASEY COLE, GURU SYSTEMS, PAGE 22 £3.2bn The cost of managing UK power distribution networks in the fi rst year of RIIO-ED1. PAGE 8 but will they embrace it or see it as interference?" DUNCAN BOTTING,