Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 115573
Batteries and Data Centres
Tabled: 24 February 2026
Answered: 9 March 2026
Named DayQuestion
Ms Polly Billington
Labour — East Thanet
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department made of the potential merits of delaying connection offers for some protected battery projects and data centres to allow NESO and DESNZ to undertake other key a
Answer
Michael ShanksNESO’s connections reforms have reduced the queue for generation and storage connections by over half, with the queue now largely in line with the capacity ranges set out in the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan. We are aware that the volume of batteries in th...
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