Published: May 23rd, 2024,
Last updated: May 30th, 2025

In view of increasing bottlenecks in the power grid, Europe’s leading energy association is calling for the end of treating all connection requests equally. In a new report published on Wednesday, Eurelectric called on the EU to allow member states to set priorities for connections based on societal benefits. To this end, European legislators should amend the electricity market regulation, which currently stipulates that customers should not be discriminated against.