Energy Update: Potential Impact Of Hybrid Connection Proposal On Priority Dispatch

The CRU is consulting until 14 April 2025 on the Sharing of Maximum Export Capacity ("MEC") behind a Single Connection Point.

This is the second of the three workstreams to remove barriers to hybrid connections, intended to enable multiple electricity and/or storage technologies to co-locate behind a point of connection to the grid. The workstreams are:

• removal of the Installed Capacity Cap of 120% of MEC for single and hybrid technology sites, addressed in the Installed Capacity Cap Decision,
• sharing MEC behind a single connection, the subject of the current proposal, and
• allowing multiple legal entities to share a single connection point. This is not yet addressed, although the current consultation invites feedback as to measures that may be required and whether they can be addressed in ongoing workstreams (see question 9).