Overview
- South Holland filed a collective request for 1,084 MW with TenneT, Liander, Stedin and Westland Infra, allocating roughly half to connect 248,691 planned homes and the rest to heat projects and EV charging.
- Network operators say the legal weight of such early, collective requests remains unclear and caution there is no guarantee the asked‑for capacity will be delivered on the desired timeline.
- From July 1, applications from small and large users will be handled equally under the ACM prioritization framework, increasing pressure on how scarce grid capacity is allocated.
- Despite record 2025 spending of €1.9 billion, Enexis reports demand still outpacing upgrades, with more than 10,000 business requests on the waitlist and the prospect of household delays.
- In Utrecht, politicians pressed to speed the delayed Utrecht Noord high‑voltage station and explore ‘land‑for‑land’ acquisitions, while a Heijmans–Stedin pilot in IJsselstein will use a local energy hub with batteries and algorithms to let hundreds of homes proceed with limited grid impact.