While we are keen to contribute, and already do through community led partnerships with groups such as the Orkney Skate Trust, we would prefer to have direct control of where this funding is being spent. As a regulated business, we are funded by GB electricity bill payers and need to ensure that any cost to our business is accountable to consumers. 4) Nature Networks and 30 x 30 SSEN Transmission acknowledges the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss and supports the requirement for developments to protect and enhance biodiversity; however, it is important that flexibility is maintained in the consenting system and for decision makers to ensure where we need to develop in areas that would not always be the preference that they are allowed to proceed sensitively, both onshore and offshore.