Question follow-through · 17383
National Grid: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential for empowering local authorities to assess flexibility and microgrid opportunities before pursuing network buildout, in the context of the recomme
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 9 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential for empowering local authorities to assess flexibility and microgrid opportunities before pursuing network buildout, in the context of the recomme
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Government has noted the Association for Decentralised Energy's report, Powered by People, Powered by Place, and recognises the importance of local evidence in identifying flexibility and other opportunities before network investment decisions are mad...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Heat Networks: Infrastructure
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has had discussions with the Treasury on developing a regulated asset base-style funding model for strategic heat network infrastructure.