RP7 Stakeholder Consultation WEB - Flipbook - Page 58
10. Summary of Questions
General question on
approach and strategy
Q1. Do you think we are taking the right
approach to and have the right strategy
for RP7. All thoughts and comments are
welcome.
Facilitating net zero through
a flexible and integrated
energy system
Q2. We are interested in your views
on our scenarios of future customer
behaviour. Do you think they are
realistic? Do you think our ‘best view’
scenario reflects the likely changes in
the RP7 period?
Q3. Do you agree with the mobilisation
of an NIE Networks Local Area Energy
Planning team to support wider
stakeholders including local authorities
and councils in their journey to net
zero? If so, what type of support should
the team provide?
Q4. Do you think we are being
ambitious enough with our proposal to
fit monitors on 50% of our LV network
or should we aim for higher?
Q5. What do you think of our “Open
Data Portal”? NIE Networks’ Open
Data Portal
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Q6. Do you agree with our ‘Flexibility
First’ approach?
Q7. Do you agree with us including
wider societal impacts in our
decision making between FLEX and
conventional reinforcement?
Q8. Do you agree with our approach
of going further, faster, with FLEX
markets?
Q9. Do you agree with our proposed
RP7 innovation principles?
Q10. On top of your feedback on our
approach to innovation in RP7 we
want to understand what you feel is an
appropriate scale of allowance. In RP6
our innovation allowance amounted
to approximately 2% (approx. £6m)
of our total Network Investment Plan.
Do you feel that a similar percentage
would be appropriate for RP7? This
would represent an allowance of
approximately £20m.
Q11. In respect of assessing where to
invest in the network, do you agree with
our proposed approach to including
only those LI4 sites which will move to
LI5 sites by 2033 in our base line plan
for RP7? Should we be going further?
Q12. Do you agree with our proposal
to replace all 5kVa transformers as
soon as possible during RP7?
Q13. Regarding the building of new
substations or upgrading existing
substations, which can be a lengthy
process and can in some cases take
several years, we would welcome your
opinion on which option presented at
the end of page 32 we should adopt
in RP7.
Maintaining a safe, reliable
and resilient network
Q14. Do you agree with our position
of maintaining the reliability of the
network? Would you accept a
reduction in network reliability to
reduce your electricity bill in the shortterm?
Q15. Our plan is to further reduce
CMLs associated with faults on our
network in RP7 to offset the increased
average duration of outages due to
planned work on the network. To do
this we propose including allowances
with our RP7 baseline costs to ensure
that the overall network performance
(planned and fault) is maintained at
current levels. Working with the Utility
Regulator, a suitable incentive will then
encourage performance beyond this.
Do you agree with this approach?
Q16. Do you agree with our approach
or should we aim to eradicate all
existing worst served customers in
RP7?
Q17. Our current proposals for RP7
include investment to improve the
number of customers that we can keep
on supply following a HILP event and
move closer to the GB average. Do
you agree that we should invest in this
area?
Q18. Do you think we are going far
enough to adapt our network for
climate change in RP7?
