This government’s grid connections reforms replace the first come, first served queue with a pragmatic first ready, first connected system and aligns that system to what we strategically need as a country, says Michael Shanks

We’ve all been there. Standing behind someone in a queue who isn’t actually ready to be called next. Faffing about to get themselves organised and holding up those who turned up ready to go.

Yes, queuing is quintessentially British, but that isn’t a justification for our electricity system being held up from doing what it needs to do.

Clean energy developers have faced those queue frustrations for years, due to a flawed first-come, first-served system for connecting to the electricity grid.

First come, first served may sound fair, but it does not take readiness into account. This has led to an unworkable situation where energy projects that had little hope of getting off the ground soon are prioritised for connections over those which are........

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