distribution
Policy & Regulation
SSEN outlines RIIO2 transmission plan
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has released a new report outlining its preliminary plan for the transmission network in the north of Scotland during the second set of RIIO price controls.
Power
Active network management from LV to HV
ZIV Automation continues to push the boundaries of network management solutions.
Gas
ENA launches next stage of innovation strategy plans
Plans to put gas and electricity grids at the forefront of energy innovation have moved forward with the energy industry invited to take part in a number of workshop events in November.
Policy & Regulation
Labour pledges public ownership of networks
Labour has pledged to bring energy networks back under public ownership if it wins power in the general election on 8 June.
Policy & Regulation
DSO concept is a ‘classic British fudge’
The planned shift towards a distribution system operator (DSO) model for local electricity networks is a "classic British fudge", an academic from the University of Exeter has told Networks' sister publication Utility Week.
Policy & Regulation
Dieter Helm resurrects network-led smart metering argument
Distribution networks should take over smart-metering to correct a "fundamental flaw" in the programme, a leading academic has argued.