Question follow-through · 62423
Clean Energy: Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support (a) South Northamptonshire and (b) other local authorities to improve grid connections for clean energy projects under the Connections Accelerator Service.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 24 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 2 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support (a) South Northamptonshire and (b) other local authorities to improve grid connections for clean energy projects under the Connections Accelerator Service.
26 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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2 Jul 2025
Answer published
Clean energy projects in South Northamptonshire and other local authorities will benefit from ongoing reforms to the grid connection process which will release up to 500GW of capacity from the queue, enabling accelerated connections for schemes that are r...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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