Grid Supply Point Project Status Breakdown

## Introduction Following the submission of evidence to NESO on the 10th of September 2025 of eligible Gate 2 to Whole Queue projects (G2tWQ), UK Power Networks seeks to provide further insight, at the Grid Supply Point (GSP) level, on the progress status of generation projects. These progress status categories are based on the National Energy System Operator's (NESO) queue formation criteria. This allows further visibility at a more granular level, while protecting individual information from projects. A project can be classed as one of five categories: * Significantly progressed projects connecting by 2027 or earlier: Projects that have provided evidence they are meeting Protection Clause 2a, and have a firm or non-firm connection date of 2027 or earlier. * Other significantly progressed projects: Projects that have provided evidence they are meeting Protection Clause 2a, with a connection date of 2028 or later. * Other ready projects: Projects that have provided evidence they are meeting the readiness criteria (without any protection clause), via the land or planning route. * Not ready / Gate 1 choice projects: Projects which have not provided any evidence or have opted for a Gate 1 offer. * Outside of scope for Gate 2 to Whole Queue: Projects which were not part of an offer or an application to NESO by the 29th of January 2025, following Ofgem’s decision on pause of applications to NESO. ## Methodological Approach We follow a strict approach to ensure that, while we want to share as much useful data as possible, we are not providing specific information that can be linked to an individual project. The progress status of each project is obtained from our internal registers, which in turn has been obtained from our interactions with customers, our delivery pipeline and other requests for information. This is in turn grouped by GSPs and technologies, and classified as one of the seven categories used (aligning with NESO’s Gate 2 Readiness Criteria). From this dataset, we will apply two iterations to be certain no specific project is identifiable with a progress status stage. In the first place, all categories where the customer count is 1 (e.g. one solar project is Under Construction”) would be blanked out. By doing this, we avoid what we understand would allow that specific project to be identified, by looking at its capacity, and locating it in the queue of that GSP. In addition, if, after applying that initial check, there is a technology row with only a single non-blank, non-zero entry, we would blank the entire row . E.g. only three solar projects with Land rights only, those three projects could then be located in the queue as the only three solar schemes. The same blanking out correction is applied if the only non-blank, non-zero row entries are “Projects without readiness or not progress at all” and/or “Outside of scope for Gate 2 to Whole Queue”. ## Quality Control Statement This dataset has been peer reviewed, and sample checked. ## Assurance Statement The data provided above constitutes UK Power Networks’ provisional view of the status at this GSP at the date of publication and is for general information only. ## Other Download dataset information: [Metadata (JSON)] Definitions of key terms related to this dataset can be found in the Open Data Portal Glossary: [https://ukpowernetworks.opendatasoft.com/pages/glossary/] To view this data please register and login.