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The grid congestion crisis act removes consultation steps, not the conversation with the community
The Dutch government wants crisis legislation to halve lead times for grid expansion: a single tier of appeal, fewer permits, no EIA screening for underground cables. We support the direction, but removing formal consultation steps means stakeholder work at the front end has to get stronger, not weaker. Otherwise resistance simply moves from the courtroom to the construction site.
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Energy hubs: the coordinator role as the key to collective grid capacity
Connection waiting lists, an Energy Act that enables collective contracts and a regulator that adds households to the queue from 1 July: energy hubs have moved from research topic to a serious option for business parks. The decisive factor is not technology, but coordination.
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Queueing for the grid: what the new ACM prioritisation framework means for stakeholder and environmental management from 1 July 2026
From 1 July 2026, anyone applying for an electricity connection in a congested area, from a data centre to a household, will share the same waiting list. The new ACM rules change not just the technical mechanics of grid access, but the politics surrounding it. An analysis of what the prioritisation framework means for municipalities, developers and environmental managers.
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