This report contains the initial list of applicants that will be processed under Category A as part of the 2024 ECP-2.5 batch following payment of the balance of application fees to the relevant SO. As per the decision paper, the first 25 projects in category A were selected on the basis of renewable output, with the projects having the largest volume of renewable GWhrs/yr generated being granted the highest priority. The subsequent 41 projects were selected in order of planning permission grant date. There is a cap of 10 storage and other system service technology projects in each ECP-2 batch - apart from these projects, all eligible applications to ECP-2.5 were accepted into the Category A batch.