Dr. Phil Hemmingway:

That is absolutely correct. Outside of data centres but more generally, we have also introduced a pilot looking at the provision of flexible connections - timed connections. For example, this may be to offer a connection where a customer might be willing to agree to terms such as that they would not consume or would reduce their consumption at peak times. ESBN is actively trialling that at present. It has a programme seeking to sign customers up to it. I do not believe it has announced the participation in that pilot but that is an effort to seek to understand if there is an appetite generally for connection agreements that do not give full 100% firm capacity.

Going back to data centres and our 2021 direction - the current policy that applies to data centres - one of the criteria the system operators are required to analyse potential new connections for is the ability to provide the type of flexibility the Senator has referred to. That is the policy in place.