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The grid bill becomes visible: what rising network tariffs mean for the conversation about grid expansion
Dutch households will pay on average 140 euros more in network charges in 2027, from 2029 the price of using the electricity grid will vary by the hour, and grid operators are now openly auctioning flexible capacity. The question around grid expansion is shifting from 'where will the substation go' to 'who pays, and when do I use the grid'.
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Six lessons for fitting electricity substations into the city
Liander and TenneT started work this month on Amsterdam's largest joint electricity substation, on the site of the former Hemweg coal-fired power plant. It is one of more than twenty new substations in the city. What the first projects teach us about site selection, participation and expectations around the connection queue.
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More objections do not prove the right to object is too broad
TenneT reports a doubling in objections and warns of years of delay. Two days later, the Council of State dismissed every appeal against the Rijswijk to Leiden heat pipeline. Read together, these two reports from the same week tell a different story than either does alone.
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From today, grid congestion reaches small consumers too: capacity becomes a question of allocation
As of 1 July 2026, the automatic priority for small consumers on the electricity grid disappears. Grid congestion thereby shifts from a problem affecting a handful of large industrial parties to one touching the whole of society, making it, above all, a stakeholder management challenge.
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A connection offer is not a right: what the Goodman ruling means for stakeholder and environmental management
A signed quote from the grid operator is not a delivery promise. The Gelderland court's message to data centre developer Goodman affects far more projects than just data centres, and forces project developers to elevate grid capacity from a technical detail to a central stakeholder and environmental management issue.
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Six lessons from the ACM review: why transparency is essential for grid expansion
The ACM concluded that the investment plans of Enexis, Liander, Stedin and TenneT were insufficiently substantiated. The network operators are launching an improvement programme. Six lessons on transparency and stakeholder communication that go beyond the investment plan itself.
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Grid reinforcement delayed: why stakeholder and environmental management makes the difference
Sixty percent of TenneT's grid expansion projects face an average delay of two and a half years. Better stakeholder and environmental management is the key to acceleration.
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