Network operator Enexis has given 13 housing projects in Eindhoven, together 2,156 homes, provisional electricity transport capacity under its transitional scheme. Another 59 projects with 10,845 homes have no room on the grid for now and have been placed on a waiting list. The result shows the scale of grid congestion’s impact on house building in the city: of the more than 13,000 registered homes, about 17% received capacity.
How the transitional scheme works
The scheme covers projects that were already in view before 1 April 2026 and whose construction starts before 1 April 2029. It is a temporary arrangement that allowed housing projects, under certain conditions, to apply for a power connection before new rules from the prioritisation framework of the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) apply. From 1 October the queue will grow further, as municipalities can submit applications for housing and school building projects up to ten years ahead through the ‘Eerder aanvragen’ process.
Limits across the city
A connection pause has applied in Eindhoven-West since 1 July 2026, and the grid capacity limit also appears to have been reached in Eindhoven-Noord and Eindhoven-Oost. The pause rules out new connections for homes, facilities, businesses and charging points, as well as upgrades of existing connections. It stays in place until the grid has been expanded, which will probably take until 2033-2036. The city warns of delays to housing, sustainability work, mobility, public facilities and economic development. It says it will work with its partners to prevent house building from stalling from 2028/2029. Since 1 July 2026, new national rules have also created one joint waiting list for all applications, from households to businesses.
Next steps and the wider approach
The municipality must deliver an ordering list of building projects to Enexis by 1 October 2026. A project’s position on that list determines the order in which it can qualify for grid capacity that becomes available, but it does not guarantee a connection. Draft lists were drawn up for the three congestion areas, North, West and East, and applicants could object to their position until 19 September 2026.
Eindhoven also works in the Brainport approach to grid congestion with Enexis, TenneT, the national government (Ministry of Economic Affairs), Metropoolregio Eindhoven, Brainport Development and the province of Noord-Brabant. Their package of measures aims to speed up grid expansion as much as possible, use the existing grid better by reducing peak demand, and add temporary solutions such as batteries.