Mark Moore

Contents

Everything on the site, grouped by theme. Many pieces build on earlier ones, and the dashed lines show where. Select an item to see what it connects to, select the centre to see everything again, or go straight to a piece from the lists below.

Registers and trackers

30 September 2026Tracker editionNESO register tracker, edition 5: 21 to 28 September 2026
23 September 2026Tracker editionNESO TEC Register tracker: Edition 4
22 September 2026Tracker editionEmbedded Capacity Register tracker: Edition 1
21 September 2026ArticleFour gigawatts left a connection register this year, and the register cannot say where it went.
16 September 2026Tracker editionNESO TEC Register tracker: Edition 3
14 September 2026PostThe seven projects the NAO singled out have 37 GW sitting behind them
9 September 2026Tracker editionNESO TEC Register tracker: Edition 2
7 September 2026PostConnection dates and grid upgrades don't line up the way the industry assumes
2 September 2026Tracker editionNESO TEC Register tracker: Edition 1
1 September 2026PostSeven projects, 4.2 GW, gone from the register in a week. I can't tell you why from the data.
28 August 2026PostThe TEC Register doesn't show connections reform yet, and NESO has now put in writing why.
26 August 2026PostGrid connection dates are sliding, and I can now show it project by project.

Connections reform

28 September 2026ArticleWhy does CMP470 make sense?
28 September 2026PostWhy does CMP470 make sense?
24 September 2026PostFive controls on the connections queue, and what each one tests
11 September 2026PostSix rulebooks set a data centre size line. Almost none measure the same thing.
8 September 2026PostOfgem’s data centre milestones may bite at 1MW, not 10MW
6 September 2026Consultation responseResponse to Ofgem’s Curate consultation: Demand Connections Reform
22 July 2026PostEvery post I've written this summer has secretly been the same post.
17 July 2026PostThe connections queue is no longer a waiting list, it is a market structure.
7 July 2026PostConnecting is about to get easier. That is the problem.
14 June 2026ArticleFive predictions about UK energy

Data centre demand

18 September 2026PostGreat Britain’s data centre queue, in three numbers
18 September 2026Article72.8 GW requested, 4 GW connecting, 1.4 GW drawn: the workings behind the data centre queue
17 September 2026PostWhat sits inside the data centre price gap
15 September 2026PostScotland’s data centre applications total roughly 7,150MW. NESO has allocated between one and two gigawatts.
21 August 2026PostFlexible Hybrid Grid Connection: coming to a British data centre near you?
18 August 2026PostWhat is social licence and how does it affect my data centre project?

Who pays for the wires?

25 September 2026PostThe haulage deal nobody would sign, except everyone already has
25 September 2026ArticleWhat a data centre actually buys from the grid: sources, figures and what’s still open
20 July 2026PostOfgem built a network charge that is very hard to avoid, so of course people are now working out how to avoid it
6 July 2026PostWhen wind behind the B6 boundary exceeds what the wires can carry, we pay twice for the same hour of electricity.

Storage

Ownership and capital

24 August 2026PostI went looking for proof my own thesis was wrong
19 August 2026PostHarmony Energy is still Harmony Energy
17 August 2026PostOnly eight days from commissioning to a new owner
10 August 2026ArticleYour biggest customer might have changed ownership twice. Did anyone tell you?
10 August 2026PostWhen did you last check who actually owns your three biggest customers?
5 August 2026ArticleA five to seven year BESS requirement selects the founding cohort
5 August 2026PostThe BESS sector is nine years old. Some job descriptions want more than that.
3 August 2026ArticleHow many customers can you really target?
3 August 2026PostIf you sell into the grid-scale renewables industry, how many customers can you really target?
29 July 2026PostBritain's biggest data centres aren't owned by the funds I expected.
27 July 2026ArticleWho actually owns Britain's energy transition?
27 July 2026PostWho actually owns Britain's energy transition?

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