"The fi rst
round of RIIO-2
majors on gas, and it is
vital therefore that Ofgem's
thinking refl ects the challenges
that heat decarbonisation
brings."
NETWORK /
3
/ OCTOBER 2017
T H E
G R I D
OCTOBER
"Innovation
is really
important in
understanding
risk, so you
don't dive
headlong into a
black hole."
STEWART REID, HEAD OF ASSET
MANAGEMENT AND INNOVATION,
SSE
MAXINE FRERK, GRID
EDGE POLICY, PAGE 9
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Length of
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What shape
will RIIO-2
take?
"What we have
to face is that
there are some
huge challenges
for the power
system over the
next decade.
We need to be
incentivising the
network operators
to do the right
things and not
constrain them
unnecessarily."
DAVE OPENSHAW, DIRECTOR,
MILLHOUSE POWER
105,000
The number of EVs
already on our streets.
9,000
The number
of connection
applications
for generation
each year at
UKPN.
