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Informational - no clear directional impact
Low Impact
Minor progress or informational
Following a cable failure on the Walney 2 export connection in November 2013, Ofgem decided that the incident constituted an "exceptional event" and ruled that the OFTO, Blue Transmission Walney 2, would not be penalised under its availability incentive. The regulator concluded the fault was caused by mechanical damage to the onshore export cable ducting and sheathing that pre‑dated the OFTO licence, and it therefore adjusted Walney 2’s allowed export availability for the affected month from 49,649MWh to 120,604MWh, preserving the OFTO’s regulated revenue for that period.