Improve the rules to connect more and faster - Rule-maker’s and system operator’s views

Non-firm grid access is a contractual framework between system operators and network users (e.g. generators, loads, storage) accepting that their injection/offtake may be temporarily limited with potential loss of revenues. Such a scheme is useful to address local scarcity in network capacity that could justify major delays and costs for the connection of new users. They are becoming essential in the context of the energy transition, where the lead time for the deployment of renewable energy sources, data centres, or decentralized storage systems has become shorter than delays to reinforce the grids.