Households living near new pylons could get £250 a year off bills

FAMILIES living near new pylons would get a £125 discount on their energy bills every six months for a decade under Government plans to get electricity infrastructure built.

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New transmission cables and pylons are needed across Britain to upgrade ageing electricity networks, connect up new wind and solar farms, nuclear power plants and large-scale battery storage, and reinforce the grid to cope with the planned rise in electric heat pumps and car charging in homes.

The Government says around twice as much new transmission network infrastructure will be needed by 2030 as has been built in the past decade. But building new pylons and cables through the British countryside has faced a backlash, with homeowners and campaigners concerned about the visual impact and disruption to local areas and beauty spots.