Ofgem Signals New Momentum For CATO Programme

Summary

As part of the government's wider review of the electricity transmission network via the Integrated Transmission Planning and Regulation Project, and after its successful introduction of competition to offshore transmission assets and their owners (OFTOs), Ofgem has continued to consult on introducing competitive tenders for the design, build and operation of onshore transmission assets, thereby creating Competitively Appointed Transmission Owners (CATOs). We have previously considered:

• the specific characteristics of CATOs;
• the difference between the development models proposed by Ofgem in its consultation – "early", "late" and "very late";