Accelerating electricity network connections for strategic demand

Overview

Amending the connections process to address speculation and prioritise future capacity for strategic demand including data centres.

Please read the full consultation document on GOV.UK

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Online Survey

Closes 15 Apr 2026

Opened 11 Mar 2026

Contact

connections.consultation@energysecurity.gov.uk

Audiences

  • Business journalists
  • Businesses
  • Central government
  • Construction
  • Consumer organisations
  • Energy assesor
  • Finance
  • General public
  • Innovation community
  • Investment
  • Large businesses (over 250 staff)
  • Local government
  • Low carbon technologies
  • Manufacturing
  • Medium business (50 to 250 staff)
  • Multinational businesses
  • Property
  • Regulator
  • Retail
  • SMEs (small and medium businesses)
  • Technology (R&D)
  • Trade bodies
  • Wave and tidal
  • Wind

Interests

  • Business investment
  • Distributed energy and heat
  • Economic growth
  • Efficiency
  • Electricity
  • Electricity
  • Energy and climate change
  • Energy and climate change
  • Energy efficiency
  • Energy efficiency
  • Growth
  • Industrial strategy
  • Innovation
  • Investment
  • Regulation
  • Renewable energy
  • Renewable energy
  • Saving energy
  • Saving energy
  • Security and resilience
  • Security and resilience
  • Stability