SSEN Transmission Community Fund Panel Chair

Updated: May 04, 2024 08:27 AM GMT

SSEN Transmission

Stornoway

Following an extensive stakeholder consultation exercise in 2023, this year SSEN Transmission will launch its first Community Benefit Fund with the aim of bringing positive benefits and a long-lasting legacy to communities across the north of Scotland. The Community Benefit Fund will allow a share of the benefits to go directly to those communities hosting this new infrastructure.

Given the huge amount of investment planned as part of the Pathway to 2030 network improvements, it is expected that community benefits funds associated with new planned infrastructure will be in excess of £100m; this is subject to the final UK Government guidance and approval from our industry regulator Ofgem.

SSEN Transmission Will Operate Two Funds
• A regional fund which will be open to community organisations, not-for-profit and charities operating within its licence area across the north of Scotland and the Scottish Islands; and
• Local funds which will benefit communities which host new transmission... More Detail