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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Emily Beament

Households living near new pylons could get £250 a year off bills for a decade

Infrastructure such as new ‘T’ style electricity pylons is needed to electrify Britain (Ben Birchall/PA) - (PA Wire)

Families living near new pylons would get a £125 discount on their energy bills every six months for a decade under Government plans to get electricity infrastructure built.

New transmission cables and pylons are needed across Britain to upgrade ageing electricity networks, connect up new wind and solar farms, nuclear power plants and large scale battery storage, and reinforce the grid to cope with the planned rise in electric heat pumps and car charging in homes.

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