A brand-new car wash in the Reitdiep neighborhood of the city of Groningen has been ready for use for months, but it is still not operational. Grid operator Enexis is so busy that the connection will likely take several more months. Dozens of businesses in Groningen are in the same boat.

"We applied for a connection with Enexis in February last year. We were told that the wait time was 52 weeks," says Marc Welvering, one of the owners of Carwash Reitdiep. "We were shocked, but we thought: the construction will be finished by the end of December. Then just two more months of waiting, and we can start." But things turned out differently.

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