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Energy system planning needs a united approach. That's where NESO comes in. Your Energy, Your Future, Our Purpose. Find out more: https://bit.ly/4fuw2xK  

As NESO, our primary duty is to promote three objectives: 🍃 Enabling Great Britain to achieve net zero targets  💷 Promote economical gas and electricity systems  🔒 Ensuring security of supply Find out more: https://bit.ly/3Y3hkZm 

At NESO, our job is to work across the energy industry and with the government to evolve our system for future generations. Our work will be the catalyst for change across the global community.     We are Britain’s independent energy system operator, uniting the whole energy system for the first time.     Discover NESO: https://bit.ly/3Y3hkZm 

📰 Read the last edition of Energising Progress this year to learn about our ambitious package of connections reform actions and our other latest news.   View here: https://bit.ly/4fsJKBp   ✅ To get a personalised newsletter delivered to your inbox each week, subscribe here: bit.ly/3zrMmkc   Find out about NESO: www.neso.energy

In our final package of connections reform proposals to Ofgem, we’re proposing to realign how projects connect to national electricity transmission network, ensuring that all projects in the queue are ready to progress and align with the strategic energy plans needed to deliver clean power for Great Britain. Find out how our proposals take into account industry feedback to make the connections process more efficient for viable clean energy projects. Read more: https://bit.ly/4iKRBgm

Ever wondered how our strategic energy plans will interact with Future Energy Scenarios and what assumptions we've made about the technology types required to deliver them?  During our Strategic Energy Planning webinar, we answered a wide range of questions about how we developed our Strategic Spatial Energy Plan (SSEP) draft methodology, the transitional Centralised Strategic Network Plan (tCSNP2) Refresh methodology and the Centralised Strategic Network Plan (CSNP). Catch up on the webinar for the latest information. ⬇ 🎥 Recording: https://bit.ly/3P3DdT5   📰 Slides: https://bit.ly/4fuw2xK  Don’t forget to respond to our consultation by 20 January to help refine the strategic energy plans needed to support the delivery of clean power by 2030 and the delivery of net-zero by 2050. View the consultation: https://bit.ly/3OTbJ25  

We're delighted to welcome Jayne Scott as a new Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee.   From 1 February 2025, Jayne Scott, will be joining the NESO Board as a Non-Executive Director.   Jayne Scott is a Chartered Accountant and will take over as Chair of the NESO Audit & Risk Committee, following a handover from Hannah Nixon – who has expertly chaired the committee since 1 April 2019.   Jayne is currently Chair of the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN), which provides information on the cost and quality of private healthcare to support patient choice. She is also chair of Nuclear Restoration Services, one of the Nuclear Decommissioning Operating Companies, a Board Member with the Mining Remediation Authority, Chair of the Joint Audit Panel for The Metropolitan Police and the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime and is an External Member of the Audit Committee at the Information Commissioners’ Office.   In order to join NESO, Jayne will be stepping down from her current roles as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Scottish Government and Chair of Energy North West Limited’s Independent Oversight Group.   Previously, she has held Non-Executive Director roles at Ofgem, the Marine Management Organisation and the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care. She has also been a Panel Member with the Competition and Markets Authority.   Formerly, she was Director of Finance and Performance Management at NHS Fife. Jayne also has extensive experience in economic regulation and was also a Panel Member with the Competition and Markets Authority. Read more: https://bit.ly/403Ba7L

𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻. It powers our businesses, the cars we drive and the homes we live in. It underpins our physical and digital world. But that energy must be affordable and secure for all of us, today and tomorrow. As our nation grows and energy-intensive industries develop, we’re going to need more energy. It’s our job to strike that critical balance between decarbonising Great Britain’s energy system, while ensuring we all have access to the energy we need for our communities and businesses to thrive. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3Y3hkZm

𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 🥇🌬 Wind generated 22,523MW of electricity on 18 December at 3:30am to achieve a new maximum wind record for Great Britain. This is the second time the record has been achieved this week, beating the last record of 22,243MW which has only stood since 15 December at 6:30pm. 👋 📱 Download the NESO app to see previous records and live generation data. 👉 https://bit.ly/4gh3ARp