Prioritising grid connection requests
Official title (in Danish): Lov om ændring af lov om elforsyning og lov om fremme af vedvarende energi (Prioritering af kapacitet i elnettet og hensigtsmæssig tilslutning til elnettet m.v.)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- The act gives the Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities the power to lay down rules on which requests for grid connection must be given priority when there is not enough capacity.
- Requests with lower priority may be refused.
- Customers cannot lose capacity that they have already been allocated.
- When: The Act entered into force on 12 October 2026.
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The case at the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)
Source: Retsinformation.dk
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)
Lovforslaget, der bygger på den politiske forståelse om en akutplan for elnettet mellem regeringen (S, SF, M og RV) og V, DF, KF og EL, skal bidrage til en mere effektiv udnyttelse af kapaciteten i elnettet ved at indføre mulighed for at prioritere anmodninger om nettilslutning og fremme en mere hensigtsmæssig placering og tilslutning af elforbrug, elproduktion og energilagre.
Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.
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- Introduced · 20 August 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
- Passed · 1 October 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: 3.beh./Vedtaget
- Stadfæstet · 7 October 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- In force · 12 October 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet