The government wants to speed up planning applications for electricity infrastructure and compensate homeowners who allow high-voltage power lines to be built near their properties, in a bid to improve the UK’s power system.
The prime minister will accept most of the recommendations in a recent report by the electricity networks commissioner into the slow pace of building new transmission cables, according to government insiders.
The government is expected to publish its response to Nick Winser’s review either in the Autumn Statement later this month or in a separate statement by energy secretary Claire Coutinho.
