Question follow-through · 115573
Batteries and Data Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department made of the potential merits of delaying connection offers for some protected battery projects and data centres to allow NESO and DESNZ to undertake other key a
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 24 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 9 Mar 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department made of the potential merits of delaying connection offers for some protected battery projects and data centres to allow NESO and DESNZ to undertake other key a
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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9 Mar 2026
Answer published
NESO’s connections reforms have reduced the queue for generation and storage connections by over half, with the queue now largely in line with the capacity ranges set out in the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan. We are aware that the volume of batteries in th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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