Customer Connection events
As the Electricity System Operator for Great Britain, ESO manages the connection and generation contracts that impact on the transmission system. We work closely with Transmission Owners (TOs) to support customer connections.
In this section, we’ve got everything you need to get involved with our customer connection events.
If you need any more help, please contact us.
Customer Seminar - April 2024
Join the connections team, industry experts and other customers for a day of engaging sessions and panel discussions to explore ideas around sector trends and the wider connection change agenda.
Bookings for our 23 April Glasgow seminar have now closed. Please check back on this page for information about our late 2024 London seminar.
Monthly progress check and Q&A session for customers and stakeholders to engage with connections. Our focus is transparency as we deep dive into recent updates, key challenges, industry trends and the evolving work of our strategy, change delivery and operations teams. Forums will take place once a month, usually on a Tuesday at 11am.
Our next Forum will take place on 16 April.
| Date | Link |
|---|---|
| 12 March | Watch the webinar |
| 16 April | Register for the webinar |
| 13 May | Register for the webinar |
| 18 June | |
| 16 July | |
| 17 September | |
| 15 October | |
| 19 November |
Registration links and recordings of webinars hosted by connections will be posted here.
Watch recordings of our Customer Connection Agoras.
| Name | Published |
|---|---|
| 5PP updates | December 2023 |
| QM implementation | November 2023 |
| 5PP & Connections Reform | October 2023 |
| 5PP & Connections Reform | September 2023 |
| 5PP & Connections Process | August 2023 |
| Connections process | July 2023 |
| Five point plan | June 2023 |
| Non Firm Connections | April 2023 |
| GC0141 – Compliance Process and Modelling | February 2023 |
| You said... we did | January 2023 |
| Securities and Cancellation Charges | December 2022 |
| Compliance Process and Overview of Modelling Modification | October 2022 |
| You said... we did, and Emergency & Restoration Code | September 2022 |
| TEC Amnesty and Code Changes update Webinar | August 2022 |
| Queue Management Webinar | July 2022 |
| Charging and Holistic Network Review | July 2022 |
| Securities and Cancellation Charges | June 2022 |
| Operational Compliance | May 2022 |
| Customer Portal overview | April 2022 |
| Queue Management update | March 2022 |
Here you can find the slides from our previous webinars and Agoras.
Customer Seminar
Any slide decks will be uploaded here after the event.
Regional webinars
| North west and north Wales webinar – 9 April 2024 | Watch webinar |
| North east including Lincolnshire and the Pennines webinar – 2 April 2024 | Watch webinar |
| East Anglia webinar – 28 March 2024 | Watch webinar |
| Midlands and mid-Wales webinar – 20 March 24 | Watch webinar |
| South east inc. London and south coast webinar – 12 March 24 | Watch webinar |
| South Wales and south west webinar – 5 March 24 | Watch webinar |
| East Anglia | Watch webinar |
| Midlands and mid-Wales | Watch webinar |
| North east including Lincolnshire and the Pennines | Watch webinar |
| North west and north Wales | Watch webinar |
| South Wales and the south west | Watch webinar |
Sign up to our newsletter
Customers and stakeholders can sign up to our monthly email covering news, reminders and recent developments on all things connections. Key topics including reform, the connections portal and how we’re innovating to support our customers.
More from Connections
Got a question? See our bank of frequently asked questions.
Our dedicated team of ESO Connection Contract Managers will be happy to guide you through the connections process and answer your questions.
Looking for domestic Connections?
We don’t connect directly to homes or other domestic properties. You can find out more about domestic connections here.