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Solar Power: Business Premises

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the capacity of the National Grid to provide (a) timely and (b) adequate connections in the context of estimated trends in the level of adoption of rooftop sola

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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
11 Jun 2025
Answer
17 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 9 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the capacity of the National Grid to provide (a) timely and (b) adequate connections in the context of estimated trends in the level of adoption of rooftop sola

  2. 11 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    Ofgem recently made it easier for smaller generation projects (under 5MW in England and Wales) to connect, by removing the requirement for a transmission network impact assessment [1]. For larger projects, the implementation of connections reform will pri...

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