“We recognise the need to provide clarity to industry on transmission-level blending, particularly given its interactions with distribution-level blending,” the document added.
“Government will therefore aim to provide an update on timings for a transmission level blending policy decision next year.”
However, with a general election looming in the second half of this year, National Gas bosses are pushing for a decision to be made before Parliament rises for its summer recess on July 23.
This is because any legislation after that point is expected to be effectively put on ice until the election’s conclusion and the next government is in place.
If Labour succeeds in winning power, as many polls suggest it is on course to do, it is not clear whether the party would push through blending in its first days, while National Gas believes it could take up to 12 months to build the backup de-blending…
