©istockphoto.com/traffic_analyzer Electrification in the United Kingdom F For the United Kingdom, one oF the main drivers for a green ambition is the Climate Change act of 2008. this forms the basis for the country's approach to responding to climate change and legally commits the U.K. government to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. this level of commitment to reducing emissions was further confirmed in the Paris agreement, the aim of which is to hold the increase in global average temperature to well below Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MPE.2018.2822864 Date of publication: 18 June 2018 48 ieee power & energy magazine 2 °C above preindustrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5 °C. achieving these goals is only one potential outcome of the energy future. Within national grid (United Kingdom), we produce four credible future energy scenarios that look out to 2050. these are contained in an annual publication, Future Energy Scenarios (FES). only one of the scenarios within this publication meets the 2050 target, two degrees, which is named to reflect the target adopted by the Paris agreement. Within the carbon reduction arena, there are three areas that will have the greatest impact: power generation, heating, 1540-7977/18©2018IEEE july/august 2018http://www.istockphoto.com/traffic_analyzer