Request for Extension of Time to Issue a Connection Offer for Connection Application – Omagh BESS
| Published date | 01 February 2024 |
| Year | 2024 |
| Energy Sector | Electricity Networks |
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Utility Regulator
Queens House, 14 Queen Street, BELFAST, BT1 6ED
T: +44 (0) 28 9031 1575 F: +44 (0) 28 9031 1740 W: www.uregni .gov.uk
NIE Responsible Manager
Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Ltd
Unit 3
21 Old Channel Road
Belfast
BT3 9DE
By Email Only: [NIE Manager Email]
Date: 21 December 2023 Our Ref: NET/E/DH/770
Dear [NIE Manager],
RE: Request for Extension of Time to Issue a Connection Offer for Connection
Application – Omagh BESS
Thank you for your letter dated 27 November 2023 (the Letter) setting out the application
made by NIE Networks Limited (NIE Networks), for an extension of time to issue a
connection offer (the Extension Application).
1. The Extension Application
The Letter describes the relevant background
1
to the Extension Application. Reference
is made to Condition 30 of NIE Networks’ electricity distribution licence (the Licence).
2
Condition 30(6) (of the Licence) provides that (barring specified exceptions)
3
NIE
Networks is obliged to make an offer for connection to the distribution system as soon as
practicable and (by operation of Condition 30(6)(b)) in any event within 3 months from
receipt of a valid/completed application for connection to the distribution system.
1
What follows is a summary of the Application. It is not intended to be a complete rehearsal. All parts of
the Application have been considered in making the decision set out in this correspondence. Failure to
mention parts of the Application (or related correspondence) should not be taken as representing any failure
to have regard to those parts.
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NIE Distribution Licence.
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Recorded in Art 21 of the Electricity (NI) Order 1992 (the Electricity Order).
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