Question follow-through · 50029

Electricity: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department provides funding to rural communities for the cost of connecting to the electricity mains.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled: 2 May 2025
Target answer date: 7 May 2025
Answer: 13 May 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

2 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department provides funding to rural communities for the cost of connecting to the electricity mains.
7 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 May 2025
Answer published
The Department does not provide funding for connection costs specific to rural areas. Under Ofgem’s price control framework, network companies are investing in new electricity network capacity ahead of need. This should reduce both connection costs and ti...

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