The inquiry builds on prior NZET Committee scrutiny in this 2021-26 Parliamentary session, where stakeholders from different walks of life: local government, planning, transport, business and others, identified the expansion of electricity infrastructure as both a priority and a challenge:
Our work on Outcomes of the Conference of the Parties ("COP26") in Glasgow in 2021;iiAt meetings between August and November 2021, when the Committee took evidence in the run-up to, and following on from, COP26
Our work on the fourth National Planning Framework for Scotland ("NPF4"); and
Our work on the role of local government and its cross-sectoral partners in financing and delivering a net-zero Scotland.