Readiness declaration template
As part of Connections Reform, NESO will shortly begin the ‘Gate Two to Whole Queue’ process: customers with existing agreements, who wish to apply for Gate 2 contracts, must submit evidence to show they meet the new ‘readiness criteria’, and will be assessed for strategic alignment.
NESO’s Gate 2 Criteria Methodology sets out the process and evidence requirements for projects to show they are ‘ready’ to connect. A key part of the process is that customers with existing agreements, wishing to progress their project(s) to ‘Gate 2’, must submit their Readiness Declaration.
The Readiness Declaration that NESO (or DNOs and Transmission connected iDNOs) needs customers to complete, and sign, is required to declare and evidence that each project is ‘Gate 2 ready’, and eligible for a place in the new connections queue.
The Readiness Declaration needs to be submitted in the appropriate way and at the appropriate time.
We anticipate that NESO’s evidence submission window will open in the early summer. DNOs and Transmission connected iDNOs are likely to start to accept Readiness Declarations beforehand. Exact dates will be confirmed by NESO and the respective DNOs and Transmission connected iDNOs in the near future.
To support customers’ preparation for evidence submission, NESO has published n early sight of the Readiness Declaration template. This is in Excel sheet format and contains notes to help and guide customers.
Please note, however, that when it's time to submit your evidence, you will be able to do this online through our secure portal.
DNOs and Transmission connected iDNOs will separately indicate the format in which they wish to receive their own Readiness Declarations.
Therefore, this Excel sheet is for early sight only and cannot be submitted.
The declaration has been updated from the draft version (published on 11th April) following Ofgem’s approval of reform plans.
We have created a clean version and a version that shows what changes have been made so customers can easily see differences from the draft version. Changes are minor - there are only two rows in the document that have changed – rows 75 and 83.
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