NIE Networks (NIElectricity) announce a £3bn investment in Northern Ireland's electricity network in order to help meet climate change targets
NIE Networks is to invest over £3bn in Northern Ireland's electricity network over the next 10 years in order to facilitate climate change targets.
NIE Networks said the investment would help its 910,000 customers connect to low-carbon technologies like electric cars, solar panels and heat pumps.NIE Networks owns the network of lines, poles and substations that takes electricity from power stations to homes and businesses.'Invest now to avoid higher costs'
Mr Hynes added that it was important to be "transparent with our customers" about an increase in network charges of about £10 to £20 per year, but that it was "critical we invest now to avoid higher costs in the future".The Centre of Advanced Sustainable Energy said Northern Ireland's targets for dealing with climate change were "ambitious" but could not be met without major investment in energy infrastructure.
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