Use Case · Energie / Infra / Telco
Grid Connection
& Feed-In Management
From digital application to commissioning: connection requests automatically validated, capacity calculated, contracts generated, works orders managed. Without media breaks.
Why Grid Connection Management Is a Lever
The energy transition is not failing on technology, it is failing on processes
Every solar installation, every EV charger, every new build and every heat pump needs a grid connection or feed-in approval.
The number of applications has exploded in recent years, up 300-500% at many network operators driven by the energy transition. The teams have not grown to match.
In practice: an application arrives by email, post or portal. Data incomplete. Query raised. Wait. Data arrives. Capacity check, manually in the GIS and network calculation tool. Cost estimate. Quotation drafted. Customer accepts. Order created in the ERP. Civils contractor commissioned. Meter ordered. Per connection: 8-20 person-hours, spread over 4-12 weeks.
The consequence: months of waiting for customers. Installers and developers complain. Solar installations cannot connect because the paper process cannot keep up. And the regulator is pressing: connection regulations set statutory deadlines, and those deadlines are being missed with increasing frequency.
How the Process Changes
Before / After
from application to commissioning (standard connection)
The Solution in Detail
How We Automate Grid Connection Management
01
Digital Application & Completeness Check
Guided online form for installers, developers and end customers. Mandatory fields, plausibility checks, document upload (site plan, installer credentials). AI checks completeness in seconds; missing documents are requested immediately.
Power App or web portal. Integration with installer register. Automatic address and plot validation. Document checking via AI. 95% complete applications first time, up from 40%.
02
Automatic Capacity Check & Costing
Connection data is automatically checked against GIS and the network modelling tool: is there capacity at the site? Is network reinforcement required? Cost estimate generated automatically based on the tariff rulebook, distance and connection capacity.
03
Automatic Contract Creation & Works Management
Quotation accepted: contract automatically generated and created in the ERP. Civils contractor automatically commissioned, meter ordered, commissioning date coordinated. No manual creation, nothing forgotten.
Integration with SAP IS-U, works management and contractor portals. Automatic scheduling. Status tracking for customer and installer. Escalation on delays.
04
Connection Dashboard & Monitoring
Overview: open applications, processing times, bottlenecks, regulatory deadline compliance. Drill-down to individual application. Capacity heatmap: where in the network is it getting tight?
Power BI dashboard. KPIs: cycle time, STP rate, query rate, regulatory deadline compliance. Capacity monitoring. Forecast: application volumes for coming months.
Results
What Grid Connection Automation Typically Delivers
−60%
Faster
processing
−75%
Fewer
queries
100%
compliance
70%
(standard connections)
The greatest lever is eliminating queries. 60% of incomplete applications, multiplied by 1-3 weeks of waiting per query, is the main driver of long cycle times.
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How many connection applications does your team process per month?
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