# The Electricity (Criteria for Relevant Electricity Projects) (Transmission) Regulations 2024, Article 5: Novelty criterion


(1) A project’s electricity solution must, in respect of the transmission system and network need to which it relates, be wholly new.
(2) In this regulation “wholly new”, in respect of an asset, includes the entire replacement of an asset which forms part of a transmission system.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/168/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-criteria-for-relevant-electricity-projects-transmission-regulations-2024/article-5
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