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#68 Addressing Connection Uncertainty – Part 1 – with Graham Pannell, BayWa r.e
Do grid connection challenges persist because critical voices are being kept at arm’s length? Connectologists® Catherine Cleary and Kyle Murchie sit down with Graham Pannell, BayWa r.e‘s Head of Grid and Electricity Regulation, to explore why formal industry forums delivered transformational policy improvements—and why we urgently need them reinstated.
Graham brings 15-20 years of sharp-end policy development experience. His track record speaks volumes: the DG Forum delivered heat maps, capacity registers, application fees, queue management milestones, and the Incentive on Connections Engagement—all because developers and network operators sat in rooms together to solve real problems.
Graham’s current disconnect:
What Graham says is needed: bilateral engineering conversations between protected projects, customer account managers, and TOs to align construction programmes before Gate 2 offers arrive. Sensible modification frameworks could allow proportionate date adjustments by mutual consent preventing unnecessary project failures.
Recorded 12 November 2025
Our links:
Website: https://roadnighttaylor.co.uk/
Newsletter sign up: https://roadnighttaylor.co.uk/newsletter/
Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/roadnight-taylor-ltd/
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By Roadnight TaylorDo grid connection challenges persist because critical voices are being kept at arm’s length? Connectologists® Catherine Cleary and Kyle Murchie sit down with Graham Pannell, BayWa r.e‘s Head of Grid and Electricity Regulation, to explore why formal industry forums delivered transformational policy improvements—and why we urgently need them reinstated.
Graham brings 15-20 years of sharp-end policy development experience. His track record speaks volumes: the DG Forum delivered heat maps, capacity registers, application fees, queue management milestones, and the Incentive on Connections Engagement—all because developers and network operators sat in rooms together to solve real problems.
Graham’s current disconnect:
What Graham says is needed: bilateral engineering conversations between protected projects, customer account managers, and TOs to align construction programmes before Gate 2 offers arrive. Sensible modification frameworks could allow proportionate date adjustments by mutual consent preventing unnecessary project failures.
Recorded 12 November 2025
Our links:
Website: https://roadnighttaylor.co.uk/
Newsletter sign up: https://roadnighttaylor.co.uk/newsletter/
Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/roadnight-taylor-ltd/
Find if we fit at [email protected]