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Charging
AAHEDC recovers costs for The North of Scotland which is currently the only area specified to receive assistance.Who does this charge apply to?We recover the assistance amount through a charge on…
Charging
Connection Charges recover the cost of installing and maintaining connection assets which connect individual users to the GB Transmission Network.Who does this charge apply to?✓ Generators✕…
Charging
All users of the electricity transmission system pay to use it. This brief overview looks at who pays, for what, and how the charges are calculated.All users of Great Britain’s electricity network…
Electricity Explained
The electricity market in Great Britain is a complex intersection of engineering and economics. Generators supply the electricity that consumers demand. The physical connections between demand and…
Electricity Explained
Inertia, frequency, voltage, thermal, constraints…these are just a few of the factors that go into the highly complex process of balancing the grid.But don’t worry if you’re not up to speed on the…
Electricity Explained
Frequency literally means the number of times something happens over a period of time.
Electricity Explained
We estimate that up to 37.4 million Electric Vehicles (EVs) will be on UK roads by 2050 – that’s a huge increase on today, where there are fewer than 1 million. Such…
Electricity Explained
Gas is a fossil fuel which can be used to generate electricity. By burning gas, we create heat which powers a turbine. The rotation of this turbine spins a generator which creates electricity.…
Electricity Explained
We’ve been hearing about electric vehicles (EVs) for a while now and with the UK government banning the sale of all diesel and petrol cars by 2030, EVs need to be the ‘now’ rather than the future.…