Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 14
14
Deferred
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Recent grid connection reforms have not yet reduced queue times, which continue to lengthen.
Conclusion
Ofgem and the Energy System Operator have sought to improve grid connection timeframes through reforming grid queue procedures and introducing milestones. Early evidence suggests that the reforms introduced to date appear not to have yet had the immediate and radical effect on reducing grid connection times which they were designed to deliver: two months after the introduction of milestones, the queue had markedly lengthened, a development likely to have been due to a significant increase in applications.
Government Response Summary
The government's response focuses on the creation of the Office for Clean Energy Jobs to address workforce skills and training in the energy sector, rather than directly addressing the committee's observation that grid connection reforms have not yet reduced connection times.
Paragraph Reference:
87
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
Recognising the critical workforce challenges within the energy sector transition, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has set up the Office for Clean Energy Jobs (“the Office”) to focus on developing skills and providing training to the workforce in core energy and net zero sectors. We are building on the progress that the Green Jobs Delivery Group made under the previous Government, including sectoral workforce assessments which included Electricity Networks. The Office is reviewing the workforce assessments and will work with industry to update our data to ensure we have an understanding of the skills we need to deliver our mission to make the UK a clean energy superpower.