Grid operators publish revised planning assumptions for peak demand
The revision raises expected summer peaks by 6% and brings forward two interconnector projects.
- Expected summer peak demand revised upward by 6%.
- Two interconnector projects brought forward by eighteen months.
- Operators cite electrification of heating and transport as the primary driver.
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Grid operators published revised planning assumptions on Thursday that raise expected summer peak demand by 6% and bring forward two interconnector projects by eighteen months.
The revision attributes most of the increase to the electrification of heating and transport, which has run ahead of the adoption curve used in the previous assessment.
Operators also noted that peak timing has shifted later in the evening, a change that reduces the contribution of solar generation at the moment of highest demand.
The two accelerated interconnectors were already consented; the change is to construction sequencing rather than to the underlying plan.
A full consultation on the revised assumptions opens next month.