Evolving the OFTO Regime to enable the next wave of offshore wind

22 January 2026 - RenewableUK and Scottish Renewables joint report

A new joint report examining the Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) regime and proposing a series of recommendations to modernise the framework and address the challenges posed by wider policy changes, assets approaching end-of-life, the increasing size, complexity and cost of offshore wind and transmission projects, and technology changes which alter how projects are designed, procured, constructed and operated.

'Evolving the OFTO Regime to enable the next wave of offshore wind' outlines 13 recommendations across four priority areas - Cost Assessment, Generator Commissioning Clause (GCC), Operations and Maintenance (O&M) incentives, and End of Tender Revenue Stream (EoTRS) policy.

Taken as a whole, these recommendations will ensure the OFTO regime is able to maintain new capacity, capacity nearing the end of its planned operational life, and operational projects that are dependent on the offshore transmission system to export green electrons.

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