Dr. Paul McGowan:

Mr. Melvin will provide particular details, but this matter really boils down to the connection policy. There was a period when the focus was on connecting a large volume of wind energy in order to meet the 2020 targets for renewable energy, which led to a situation where a queue of various projects began to accumulate, including solar - small and large scale - offshore wind and others. Our approach to connections has changed and we have introduced a regular batch system, the purpose of which is to bring forward many of the projects that fit with the renewable energy support scheme the Government is initiating. If the Government, in the renewable energy support scheme, RESS, places an emphasis on community projects, our connection policy will also place an emphasis on them in order to try and match the support scheme with the connections. We acknowledge that there have been delays in connecting projects heretofore, but we have now adopted a different approach to connections.