The order matters here. You buy it, you plug it in, and then you tell them. Nobody is being asked for permission at this stage.
Our working map puts this region in the Eastern England distribution licence area, held by Eastern Power Networks plc, one of three areas operated by UK Power Networks alongside London and the South East.
We call that a working map rather than an answer because our source for the fourteen licence areas is a secondary one, and boundaries do not follow county lines. The operator publishes a postcode checker, it is authoritative, and it takes a moment.
Getting it wrong does not break anything, but it wastes a fortnight. The notification goes to whoever actually distributes electricity to your address, which is not your energy supplier and has nothing to do with who sends your bill.
A compliant device connected to a sound existing socket needs no electrician and no certificate. The clock starts here.
Published online by whichever company holds the licence for your address, and signposted in the consumer guidance.
Your name, an email address, and the address where the device is installed. That is the whole of it.
Counted from installation. The department expects the form itself to take five to ten minutes, and there is no fee and no inspection afterwards.
The specification would permit one per final ring circuit. The connection rules are tighter and allow one per household, and the tighter of the two is the one you live under. Two devices is not a plan.
| Fact | Source |
|---|---|
| Plug-in solar admitted to G98 | Raised by the Energy Networks Association on 1 April 2026, approved by the Authority in an Ofgem decision dated 11 August 2026 |
| In force from 27 August 2026 | Tied to the product and supply regulations coming into force, SI 2026/848 |
| One device per household | The same G98 change |
| 28 days, three fields, five to ten minutes | The department's final stage impact assessment, which describes the intended process rather than imposing a penalty |
| Great Britain only | Northern Ireland sits under G98/NI and its position is unresolved |