Improving grid access - second consultation
- Reference Number:
- 10D/567
- Open Date:
- 03/03/2010
- Close Date:
- 14/04/2010
If the UK is to meet its climate change and renewable energy targets, and ensure security of supply, large amounts of renewable and other low-carbon generation need to be able to connect to our electricity networks in the next decade. Grid access arrangements can delay or prevent these investments from coming forward. In some cases, new generators have been offered grid connection dates as late as 2025. Timely and effective reform is therefore essential.
Following consultation on the options for grid access reform, the Government is implementing a new enduring regime for grid access. This will enable new generation to connect to the network more quickly, thereby removing a key barrier to new renewables.
This second consultation on the options for grid access reform is now closed, and the responses published. Documents relating to the preceding consultation on grid access reform (also closed) are below.
If the UK is to meet its climate change and renewable energy targets, and ensure security of supply, large amounts of renewable and other low-carbon generation need to be able to connect to our electricity networks in the next decade. Grid access arrangements can delay or prevent these investments from coming forward. In some cases, new generators have been offered grid connection dates as late as 2025. Timely and effective reform is therefore essential.
Following consultation on the options for grid access reform, the Government is implementing a new enduring regime for grid access. This will enable new generation to connect to the network more quickly thereby removing a key barrier to new renewables. We will implement the ‘Connect and Manage’ regime from 11 August 2010. This will provide greater certainty for generators about the rules for access to the grid over the long term. At present, constraint costs will be socialised across generators and suppliers. Further details are given in the Government response below.
A first consultation on options for grid access reform was undertaken from August to November 2009. Documents relating to both consultations are also below.
Post-consultation documents
Second consultation documents
Consultation responses
First consultation documents
Reference number: 09D/740
Open date: 2009-08-25
Close date: 2009-11-17
First consultation responses
Stakeholder workshops
The grid access reform team has held two stakeholder workshops as part of the consultation process. In addition, DECC has held a number of meetings with a cross-section of technical experts from industry to further develop the models outlined in our consultation.
Modelling the impacts
This is the final version of the analysis undertaken by Redpoint, replacing that published on 14 January 2010.