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Wind Power

Lords · Question HL10333 · Tabled 8 Sep 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 22 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Wigley

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reconfigure the electricity grid network in the UK to minimise the need to constrain electricity generation by wind turbines to prevent overload.

Answer

Answered by Lord Wilson of Sedgefield, 22 Sep 2025

Government is implementing a strategic network planning approach led by the National Energy System Operator (NESO). This includes two previous published plans, as well as the upcoming Centralised Strategic Network Plan (CSNP), to be published by NESO in 2...