Your views wanted on £6bn five-year plan from regional electricity company
The company is responsible for the power lines, poles, transformers and substations that deliver electricity to 7.9 million homes and businesses across the Midlands, South West and South Wales, including those in Boston
Targets in the plan include:
* Becoming a net zero company by 2018, meaning a balance has been achived between the Greenhouse gases being put into the atmosphere and those taken out.
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Hide Ad* Connecting a further 1.5 million electric vehicles and 600,000 heat pumps.
* Protecting areas of outstanding natural beauty by removing 50km of overhead lines.
* Helping 113,000 customers in fuel poverty make savings of £60m.
* Establishing an annual £1million ‘Community Matters’ fund to support the most vulnerable in its local community until 2028.
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Hide AdMark Shaw, business plan manager, said: “Our Business Plan has been designed in collaboration with over 9,500 regional stakeholders across a two-year period. We’re now keen to listen to more customers’ views and ideas on how we can best invest in an innovative energy system while continuing to make a real difference.”
WPD’s customers can feedback on the plan until Sunday, April 25, at www.westernpower.co.uk/BP2
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