British Government policy announcements and data in the transmission system
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In this episode, we give initial thoughts on the British Government and other bodies' series of policy documents, released October 2021, covering its net zero strategy, the heat strategy, the Treasury's review of net zero, the response to the Carbon Climate Change Committee's report on progress to meet carbon budgets.  We also wind Tom up, and let him go, on data in the GB transmission system - how it is used today, and how it could evolve in future. 
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