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:
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.