Consultation on our assessment of National Grid’s proposal for reducing visual amenity impacts in the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- Consultation status:
- Closed (with decision)
- Publication date:
- Closing date:
- Industry sector:
- Transmission Network
Decision:
This consultation letter seeks stakeholders’ views on our assessment of National Grid’s proposal for reducing visual amenity impacts in the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) under RIIO-T1 provisions for the mitigation of pre-existing infrastructure.
As part of the RIIO1 price control, we introduced a new policy for electricity transmission owners (TOs) to reduce the visual impact of pre-existing infrastructure in nationally designated areas. The expenditure cap for all mitigation projects that come forward under the scheme during the RIIO-T1 price control is £500 million (2009/10 prices) in total.
Our consultation letter sets out our proposed efficient costs for National Grid’s Dorset AONB mitigation project. This letter includes:
- Background on the project
- Summary of our project assessment and our proposed efficient costs
- Consultation questions
- Next steps, including how to respond to this consultation when it opens.
This consultation closed on 7 September 2018. Stakeholders’ responses helped inform our assessment and decision on the project.
A non-confidential summary of National Grid’s submission was published on 10 August 2018.