Eight SHET Early Construction Funding applications

Eight SHET Early Construction Funding applications | Ofgem Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience. BETA This site is currently in BETA. Help us improve by giving us your feedback . Close alert: Eight SHET Early Construction Funding applications Publication type: Consultation Publication date: 5 March 2026 Closing date: 10 April 2026 Status: Open Topic: Electricity transmission Subtopic: Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) Get emails about this page Print this page Share the page Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn We are consulting on our minded-to position on the Early Construction Funding submission applications by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Transmission for eight electricity transmission projects. Consultation details This consultation sets out our Early Construction Funding (ECF) assessment of Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Transmission (trading as Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission Plc – ‘SHET’) for eight electricity transmission projects as governed by SHET’s electricity transmission licence under the Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) re-opener. This document outlines the scope, purpose, and questions of the consultation and how you can get involved. Once the consultation is closed, we will consider all responses. The purpose of ECF is to enable certain permitted early construction activities to take place ahead of the projects receiving planning consents and being fully finalised. Ofgem are not involved in planning decisions, and the award of ECF does not influence, nor should it be taken to assume, the outcome of any relevant planning processes. Stakeholders are therefore encouraged to engage directly with the planning process, which remains the appropriate forum for commenting on project design or scope. Our ECF decisions are designed to strike the right balance between enabling projects to progress at pace, where doing so is in the consumer's interest, and protecting consumers from disproportionate exposure to irrecoverable costs in the unlikely scenario that a project does not proceed as planned. Who should respond We would like views from people with an interest in new transmission infrastructure, meeting the net zero challenge, and competition in onshore transmission networks. We particularly welcome responses from consumer groups, stakeholders impacted by the projects, stakeholders with an interest in the costs of electricity transmission infrastructure, and transmission owners. We would also welcome responses from other stakeholders and the public. How to respond Please send your responses to Transmission.Acceleration@ofgem.gov.uk by 10 April 2026. Consultation documents Eight SHET Early Construction Funding applications [PDF, 452.92KB] Get emails about this page Print this page Share the page Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Close Notify me Would you like to be kept up to date with Eight SHET Early Construction Funding applications ? subscribe to notifications: Email Submit Close