Evidencing wider value in procurement decisions: guidance
- Publication type:
- Consultation
- Publication date:
- Closing date:
- 17 November 2026
- Topic:
- Electricity transmission,
- Offshore electricity transmission
This consultation seeks views on proposed guidance for demonstrating wider long-term benefits when making regulated network procurement decisions.
Consultation description
Ofgem is consulting on guidance for electricity network owners, interconnector developers and offshore hybrid asset developers. The guidance sets out how regulated network owners and developers can present evidence that procurement decisions deliver wider long-term benefits.
It applies where those benefits are used to justify associated impacts on costs, delivery timescales, delivery confidence or risk. The guidance is intended to sit alongside and complement existing guidance for relevant regulatory frameworks and arrangements under which Ofgem assesses whether proposed costs represent efficient value for consumers.
Who should respond
This consultation is aimed at:
- electricity network owners
- interconnector developers
- offshore hybrid asset developers.
How to respond
Responses should be submitted to the Major Projects team.
Submit your response by 5 January 2027 by emailing Transmission.Acceleration@ofgem.gov.uk.