We welcome Ofgem’s work to create a price control framework, through which network projects are approved, which enables strategic investment ahead of need, and its work to accelerate strategic transmission network infrastructure, through speeding up network approvals where appropriate, exempting certain projects from competition to add certainty to network companies so they can prepare their supply chains to deliver these projects, and protecting consumers in doing so. A coordinated and efficient approach to network planning is key to strategic network delivery, and the Government is working with Ofgem and industry to enable this. For example, as outlined above, the Government is working with National Grid ESO, Ofgem and the network companies on the HND, which identifies key strategic transmission projects for connecting new offshore wind specifically. This is the first step towards coordinating planning across the British electricity network and the coordinated, strategic approach is expected to bring significant amount of savings for consumers. Network plans which set out coordinated solutions will inevitably drive demand for the