Not your energy supplier. It depends on where you live rather than who you pay, and you have to tell them within 28 days of switching a device on.
| Region | Operator |
|---|---|
| London | London Power Networks plc, part of UK Power Networks |
| South East | South Eastern Power Networks plc and Southern Electric Power Distribution plc, depending where you are |
| South West | National Grid Electricity Distribution (South West) plc |
| East of England | Eastern Power Networks plc, part of UK Power Networks |
| East Midlands | National Grid Electricity Distribution (East Midlands) plc |
| West Midlands | National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands) plc |
| Yorkshire | Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc |
| North East | Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc |
| North West | Electricity North West Limited, but SP Manweb covers Merseyside and Cheshire |
Electricity North West covers North West England, but SP Manweb covers Merseyside and Cheshire alongside North Wales. A Liverpool household and a Manchester household notify different companies.
South Eastern Power Networks and Southern Electric Power Distribution divide the area between them, so there is no single answer for the South East.
Because of both, we treat this table as a working map rather than a lookup. Put your postcode into the operator's own tool before you act on anything here.
Nothing at all before you buy, and one short form once it is up. Inside 28 days the operator wants three things from you: a name, an email address, and the address the device is at. The department costed that exercise at five to ten minutes.
No fee is charged for it and nobody is sent out to look at the installation.
The connection rules cap a household at a single plug-in solar device. It is worth knowing that before you plan around a pair of them, because there is no route from one to two.
Tell us your postcode and we will confirm which operator covers you.
Give us a postcode and the surface you have in mind. We will confirm which operator covers you, run the generation figures for your actual location rather than a regional city, and tell you whether the planning rules cover your surface.