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Electricity: Business

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the backlog of grid connection; and what steps he is taking to help reduce connection times for busines

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
25 Feb 2026
Target answer date
2 Mar 2026
Answer
6 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the backlog of grid connection; and what steps he is taking to help reduce connection times for busines

  2. 2 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Government has worked closely with the National Energy System Operator and network companies on their programme of connections reforms which have already reduced the queue for generation and storage connections by over half. Government is also developing ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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