We are continually seeing communciations over the hundreds of GW's of contracted and connected generators across the UK (think it's now in the realms of 700GW!!!). As part of this, the DNO's and TO's are looking at opportunities to expedite delivering scheme's through new and innovative solutions. One of these is through the use of 'Technical Limits' allowing the network to be run in a less traditional method.
Last week we received notifications from National Grid Electricity Distribution for 2 schemes for a client. These would fall within the Phase 2 of the Technical Limit solutions.
Frustratingly, the 2 sites they have sent notices on, were both withdrawn for different reasons over the last 2 years and the DNO very clearly notified. Is this just an anomaly or does this evidence that the DNO's have lost track of their schemes and the assocaited queues and are not fully aware of what schemes are alive and dead? Are they updating the TO's when schemes are withdrawn?
If this is not an anomaly, how many 'dead' schemes are still sat in the queues, meaning that other schemes are not being allowed to connect earlier than otherwise would be the case?
Is anyone else seeing this happen?
Keir Spiller
Gavin Price
RSK Group