ENA good practice guide

We said we would participate in the development of the ENA good practice guide on implementation of standard milestones for connection contracts.

As part of Ofgem’s Quicker More Efficient Connections (QMEC) initiative, the steering group was asked to develop a best practice approach on queue management connection milestones for DNOs. The intention was to develop an agreed way of working in collaboration with the industry – something that would help define reasonable timescales for customers to develop their connections projects and help ensure efficient allocation and use of network capacity by customers.

We committed to participating in the development of the good practice guide and following several months of collaborative work, the best practice guide was published on the ENA website in November 2016.

The milestones contained within the guide were developed with the support of the ENA and the DG-DNO steering group and were subject to wider consultation with stakeholders. We have since implemented these construction milestones within our connections offers.

• ENA 'Fair and Effective Management of DNO Connection Queues: Progression Milestones Best Practice Guide’