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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

UK ministers push ahead with discount on bills for households near new pylons

Suburban house under a high voltage power line
Overhead power lines, pylons and substations are critical to support Labour’s green election promise to create a zero carbon electricity system by 2030. Photograph: RGB Ventures/SuperStock/Alamy

The government is pushing head with a plan to offer those who live near new electricity pylons a discount of £2,500 from their energy bills over the next 10 years to ease the backlash against its clean power plans.

Thousands of households within half a kilometre of new or upgraded electricity infrastructure could each receive up to £250 off their annual energy bill from next year to help speed up the rollout of infrastructure critical to the government’s targets.

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