Households living near new pylons could get £1,000 a year off their energy bills under Government plans.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt today said the Government was publishing an ‘action plan’ to halve the time to build new energy grid infrastructure.
In his Autumn Statement today, Hunt said this plan could knock up to £10,000 off energy bills for properties near new energy infrastructure, spread over 10 years.
The pylon premium: Government plans would pay homeowners for living near new power lines
Government documents say the payments could be made to those living near to ‘new transmission infrastructure’, such as pylons and substations.
Some households could be tempted, as they struggle under the weight of typical energy bills of £1,834-a-year.
How much would this save me on energy bills?
Knocking £1,000 a year off energy bills would slash the current average bill of £1,834 a year by 54 per cent.
That would last for 10 years under current Government plans, which have not been finalised.
Why would government pay to discount energy bills?
The Government wants the UK to create more renewable energy, which requires more infrastructure to connect it to the energy grid.
In August the Government’s Electricity Networks Commissioner Nick Winser published a report on how this could be done.
The Chancellor’s promise to knock money off energy bills for homes near new power lines is a response to this report.
The Winser report said that communities often lose out from new energy infrastructure, which can be disruptive when built and then ugly afterwards.
The report said that ‘residents of properties close to new overhead lines should receive a defined direct payment’ for new visible infrastructure.
The Government is set to publish more details later today.
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