This statistic shows the cumulative amount of overhead lines that have been replaced by underground cables und the undergrounding scheme for distribution network operators (DNOs) from 2006/2007 to 2014/2015, in kilometers. It shows that a total amount of 507 kilometers of overhead lines has been replaced by underground cables over this period.
Undergrounding in areas of outstanding natural beauty and national parks in Great Britain (GB) from 2006/2007 to 2014/2015
(in cumulative kilometers)
Undergrounding involves the replacement of overhead lines, with underground cables. The source adds that Distribution Network Operators have replaced a significant number of overhead lines with underground cables under the undergrounding allowance since 2006/7. The current price control, DPCR5 (2010-15), has an undergrounding budget of £61 million; and the RIIO-ED1 (2015-23) price control has a budget of £104 million.
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Ofgem. (August 16, 2016). Undergrounding in areas of outstanding natural beauty and national parks in Great Britain (GB) from 2006/2007 to 2014/2015 (in cumulative kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/590929/undergrounding-national-parks-gb/
Ofgem. "Undergrounding in areas of outstanding natural beauty and national parks in Great Britain (GB) from 2006/2007 to 2014/2015 (in cumulative kilometers)." Chart. August 16, 2016. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/590929/undergrounding-national-parks-gb/
Ofgem. (2016). Undergrounding in areas of outstanding natural beauty and national parks in Great Britain (GB) from 2006/2007 to 2014/2015 (in cumulative kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/590929/undergrounding-national-parks-gb/
Ofgem. "Undergrounding in Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and National Parks in Great Britain (Gb) from 2006/2007 to 2014/2015 (in Cumulative Kilometers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Aug 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/590929/undergrounding-national-parks-gb/
Ofgem, Undergrounding in areas of outstanding natural beauty and national parks in Great Britain (GB) from 2006/2007 to 2014/2015 (in cumulative kilometers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/590929/undergrounding-national-parks-gb/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Undergrounding in areas of outstanding natural beauty and national parks in Great Britain (GB) from 2006/2007 to 2014/2015 (in cumulative kilometers) [Graph], Ofgem, August 16, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/590929/undergrounding-national-parks-gb/
