Letter to Ed Miliband MP

Letters should be sent to: Ed Miliband MP, Secretary of State, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ), 3-8 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2EG

Emails should be sent to: Ed Miliband MP at Secretary.State@energysecurity.gov.uk and also CC’d/copied to other key figures as per the list below (copy this list straight into the cc: field) and BCC’d/blind-copied to info@suffolkenergyactionsolutions.co.uk

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To: Ed Miliband MP
Secretary of State
Department of Energy Security and Net Zero

 

Dear Secretary of State,

Re: Offshore Transmission Network Design

Cumulative Impact
As a resident of East Anglia, I am writing to protest in the strongest terms to current ill-conceived plans, to create an onshore Energy Superhub in the Suffolk Coastal area of Friston. Current plans (including Sizewell C) would involve 6 NSIP projects within five square miles, in an area with inadequate road infrastructure, and the cumulative impact of multiple projects would effectively industrialise the Heritage Coast (AONB, SSSIs, SPA and RAMSAR) and decimate the local nature-tourism reliant economy.

This power will not be used on the Suffolk Coast or in East Anglia, the infrastructure will plough through our countryside in order to power London and the South East. I am in favour of offshore wind power, but there is an appalling lack of joined-up thinking about offshore network design and onshore infrastructure, and I have felt compelled to add my voice to the rising opposition from across the political spectrum.

The Cost-Effective Solution – Follow Offshore Grid Principles
Following these principles is cheaper, saving billions for British consumers, giving energy security and it is better for the environment and communities.

  • Pool energy offshore to give asset cost efficiencies saving billions
  • Transport energy from where it’s generated closer to demand offshore, thereby reducing grid-related constraint costs and the need to use fossil fuel power generated closer to demand as backup
  • Transporting energy offshore also leads to accelerated planning permissions, with associated cost savings on route permissions/compulsory purchases
  • Use Brownfield onshore locations for significant additional benefits, it gives speedier planning permissions, the opportunity for local economic regeneration and avoids cumulative negative impacts for the environment and communities.

I urge you to take back control of the transmission network design from developers and ensure decisions that make sense for the next 40 to 100years, not just the investment return horizon of National Grid’s shareholders.

Yours sincerely,

Sender’s name

Sender’s address

Letter to The Prime Minister, Rt Hon Sir Kier Starmer MP

Letters should be sent via your MP asking them to pass it on, and/or mailed direct to:

The Rt Hon Sir Kier Starmer MP,
Prime Minister,
10 Downing Street,
London SW1A 2AA

To: The Rt Hon Sir Kier Starmer MP

Dear Prime Minister,

I am a resident of East Anglia,

Cumulative Impact
As a resident of East Anglia, I am writing to protest in the strongest terms at the lack of strategic thinking regarding the offshore wind power network and onshore infrastructure, ill-conceived plans to create an onshore Energy Superhub in the Suffolk Coastal area of Friston. Current plans (including Sizewell C) would involve 6 NSIP projects within five square miles, in an area with inadequate road infrastructure, and the cumulative impact of multiple projects would effectively industrialise the Heritage Coast (AONB, SSSIs, SPA and RAMSAR) and decimate the local nature-tourism reliant economy.

This power will not be used on the Suffolk Coast or in East Anglia, the infrastructure will plough through our countryside in order to power London and the South East. I am in favour of offshore wind power, but there is an appalling lack of joined-up thinking about offshore network design and onshore infrastructure, and I have felt compelled to add my voice to the rising opposition from across the political spectrum.

The Cost-Effective Solution – Follow Offshore Grid Principles
Following these principles is cheaper, saving billions for British consumers, giving energy security and it is better for the environment and communities.

  • Pool energy offshore to give asset cost efficiencies saving billions
  • Transport energy from where it’s generated closer to demand offshore, thereby reducing grid-related constraint costs and the need to use fossil fuel power generated closer to demand as backup
  • Transporting energy offshore also leads to accelerated planning permissions, with associated cost savings on route permissions/compulsory purchases
  • Use Brownfield onshore locations for significant additional benefits, it gives speedier planning permissions, the opportunity for local economic regeneration and avoids cumulative negative impacts for the environment and communities.

I urge you to take back control of the transmission network design from developers and ensure decisions that make sense for the next 40 to 100years, not just the investment return horizon of National Grid’s shareholders.

Yours sincerely

Sender’s name

Sender’s address

If Jenny Riddell Carpenter is your MP

Letters should be sent to: The Rt Hon Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA

Emails should be sent to: The Rt Hon Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP at jenny.riddellcarpenter.mp@parliament.uk and also CC’d/copied to local councillors as per the list below (copy this list straight into the cc: field) and BCC’d/blind-copied to info@suffolkenergyactionsolutions.co.uk

To: jenny.riddellcarpenter.mp@parliament.uk

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TO: The Rt Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP,

Dear Jenny,

Cumulative Impact
As a resident of East Anglia, I am writing regarding these proposed energy projects and to protest in the strongest terms at the lack of strategic thinking regarding the offshore wind power network and onshore infrastructure, ill-conceived plans to create an onshore Energy Superhub in the Suffolk Coastal area of Friston. Current plans (including Sizewell C) would involve 6 NSIP projects within five square miles, in an area with inadequate road infrastructure, and the cumulative impact of multiple projects would effectively industrialise the Heritage Coast (AONB, SSSIs, SPA and RAMSAR), severing wildlife corridors, displacing threatened species, inflicting permanent damage to the shoreline and decimating the local nature-tourism reliant economy.

This power will not be used on the Suffolk Coast or in East Anglia, the infrastructure will plough through our countryside in order to power London and the South East, or be sold by National Grid Ventures, an international for-profit conglomerate. I am in favour of offshore wind power, but there is an appalling lack of joined-up thinking about offshore network design and onshore infrastructure, and I have felt compelled to add my voice to the rising opposition from across the political spectrum.

The Cost-Effective Solution – Follow Offshore Grid Principles
Following these principles is cheaper, saving billions for British consumers, giving energy security and it is better for the environment and communities.

  • Pool energy offshore to give asset cost efficiencies saving billions
  • Transport energy from where it’s generated closer to demand offshore, thereby reducing grid-related constraint costs and the need to use fossil fuel power generated closer to demand as backup
  • Transporting energy offshore also leads to accelerated planning permissions, with associated cost savings on route permissions/compulsory purchases
  • Use Brownfield onshore locations for significant additional benefits, it gives speedier planning permissions, the opportunity for local economic regeneration and avoids cumulative negative impacts for the environment and communities.

I urge you to encourage the Government to take back control of the transmission network design from developers and ensure decisions that make sense for the next 40 to 100years, not just the investment return horizon of National Grid’s shareholders.

Yours sincerely

Sender’s name

Sender’s address

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