The UK’s “first come first served” approach to grid connections is failing to deliver the volume of connections required. Projects which may be speculative or slow-moving risk being prioritised over those that are more viable. While we welcome National Grid ESO’s five-point plan to tackle queue management issues at the transmission level, we do not believe this has proved successful to date. We recommend that Ofgem allows National Grid ESO to require projects already in the queue to meet stre...

The UK’s “first come first served” approach to grid connections is failing to deliver the volume of connections required. Projects which may be speculative or slow-moving risk being prioritised over those that are more viable. While we welcome National Grid ESO’s five-point plan to tackle queue management issues at the transmission level, we do not believe this has proved successful to date. We recommend that Ofgem allows National Grid ESO to require projects already in the queue to meet strengthened milestones. If projects are unable to meet these, network operators should be able to prioritise other more viable projects in the queue. In res Type: recommendation | Number: 45 | Paragraph: 194 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: 148. The Government published its consultation on the Strategy and Policy Statement (SPS) for Energy Policy in Great Britain on 10 May 2023. The consultation will run for 12 weeks, concluding on Wednesday 2 August 2023. 30 Decarbonisati