Explanations on the technical terms relating to electricity network and grid connections, including both advanced explainers for network professionals – and less advanced for ‘network newbies’.
Connect and Manage (C&M) was introduced to improve access to the transmission system for transmission-connected generators. Here we look at C&M, enabling works, wider works, higher system constraints and attributable liabilities.
Recent changes to charging rules make it essential to properly define when demand is‘final’, as in used onsite, and what was ‘non-final’ and due to be exported back into the network.
Third Party Works are works which are associated with a connection being made directly onto the electricity transmission network but which must first be carried out downstream on an electricity distribution network which it will be impacting.
The Minimum Scheme is the grid connection design that provides the required capacity at the lowest overall capital cost, as estimated by the Distribution Network Operator. It has its nuances though, as Pete Asont explains.
A high-cost cap is a way of limiting the amount of cost a Distribution Network Operator (DNO) might have to pick up from new grid connections. Pete Aston explains more below.
The difference between network reinforcement and network extension can seem trivial but it makes a massive difference to how new schemes are charged.
This article is about how network companies isolate faults on the network and the risks for new connections. These protection-related issues can significantly impact on the cost of a scheme and can be the make-or-break factor.
We explain what is Active Network Management (ANM) and what it means for some proposed grid connection projects.
Two factors limit an Active Network Management System; financial and technical limitations. This article discusses these in detail.
We explain what is Category Z Active Network Management (ANM) and what it means for some proposed grid connection projects.
