The new regime for policing grid connection blockages is insufficiently tough with half of projects in the queue not due to be vetted for another four years, a renewable developer has said. Under recently-introduced reforms approved by Ofgem, developers will have their grid connection agreements terminated if they fail to hit a series of milestones. However, renewable energy developer Low Carbon has said Ofgem’s milestones are not strict enough, in its submission to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee’s inquiry into electrification of the economy.
Grid queue-busting regime ‘not tough enough’
