This consultation letter seeks stakeholders’ views on our assessment of two of Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission’s (SHE Transmission) proposals for reducing visual amenity impacts in Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park under RIIO-T1 provisions for the mitigation of pre-existing infrastructure.
As part of the RIIO-T1 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 set out our proposed efficient costs for SHE Transmission's Glen Falloch and Sloy mitigation projects, located in Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.
This letter includes:
Stakeholders’ responses helped inform our assessment and decision on the project.
We appreciate that stakeholders are focusing on responding to Covid-19 at the moment. The timeframe of this consultation deadline reflects a timely decision is made to guarantee contractor prices and prevent delays in the work programmes.
Non-confidential summaries of SHE Transmission's submissions are published alongside our consultation letter.