Long Term Development Statement (LTDS) Table 5 Generation

Introduction

The Long Term Development Statements (LTDS) report on a 0-5 year period, describing a forecast of load on the network and envisioned network developments. The LTDS is published at the end of May and November each year.

Long Term Development Statement Table 5 shows the capacity of existing distributed generation connected at each Primary substation. It also includes a snapshot of accepted connections at the time. Published 30 May 2025.

More information and full reports are available from the landing page below:

Long Term Development Statement and Network Development Plan Landing Page

Methodological Approach

• Site Functional Locations (FLOCs) are used to associate the Substation to Key characteristics of active Grid and Primary sites — UK Power Networks
• ID field added to identify row number for reference purposes

Quality Control Statement

Quality Control Measures include:

• Verification steps to match features only with confirmed functional locations.
• Manual review and correction of data inconsistencies.
• Use of additional verification steps to ensure accuracy in the methodology.

Assurance Statement

The Open Data Team and Network Insights Team worked together to ensure data accuracy and consistency.

Other

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Definitions of key terms related to this dataset can be found in the Open Data Portal Glossary: Open Data Portal Glossary