{ "schema_version": "1.4", "last_updated": "2026-09-02", "source": "https://balconysolarhub.co.uk/developers/", "license": { "name": "CC BY 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "attribution": "BalconySolarHub (balconysolarhub.co.uk)" }, "disclaimer": "Informational, not legal advice. Verify with the legislation, the Energy Networks Association and your own Distribution Network Operator before relying on any value here.", "parent_dataset": "https://balconysolarhub.co.uk/data/uk-plug-in-solar.json", "slug": "scottish-and-southern-electricity-networks", "page_url": "https://balconysolarhub.co.uk/data/dno/scottish-and-southern-electricity-networks.json", "dno_name": "Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks", "dno_short": "SSEN", "licence_areas": [ { "mpan_distributor_id": 17, "region": "Northern Scotland" }, { "mpan_distributor_id": 20, "region": "Southern England" } ], "regions_covered": [ "Northern Scotland", "Southern England" ], "licence_area_count": 2, "notification": { "type": "post-install notification, not approval (single premises)", "g98_notify_url": "https://www.ssen.co.uk/our-services/new-supplies/generation-connections/micro-generation-connections/g98g99-generator-requirement-documents/", "g98_notify_url_http_status": 200, "g98_notify_url_checked": "2026-08-01", "form_single_premises": "G98 Form B", "deadline_days": 28, "deadline_source": "stated on the operator's own page", "deadline_quote": "Customer/Installer must notify SSEN of the connection within 28 days from the date of commissioning", "deadline_url": "https://www.ssen.co.uk/globalassets/what-is-a-mpan/mpan-process-for-microgen-customers.pdf", "deadline_context": "Stated in the operator's own MPAN process document REF-PS-066 Rev 2.0 (2025) rather than on the G98 documents page. The same document states there is no requirement to contact SSEN prior to installation.", "inform_before_commissioning_required": false, "route_open_to_householder": null, "route_note": "The operator's document addresses \"Customer/Installer\". That identifies who completes the form; it does not state that a customer may notify without an installer. Recorded as unknown rather than read as permission.", "fee": null, "fee_note": "not verified - no operator page consulted states a fee for a single-premises G98 notification, and we do not infer that it is free", "legal_basis": "Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations 2002", "national_submission_route": { "name": "ENA Connect Direct", "url": "https://connect-direct.energynetworks.org", "http_status_checked": 200, "last_verified": "2026-08-01" } }, "national_rule": { "deadline_days": 28, "inclusive_of_commissioning_day": true, "quote": "the Installer is required to ensure that the DNO is made aware of the Micro-generator installation before the time of commissioning or no later than 28 days (inclusive of the day of commissioning) after commissioning", "source_document": "ENA Engineering Recommendation G98, section 1.1 (restated at 8.3.1)", "source_url": "https://www.energynetworks.org/assets/images/Publications/2024/240522%20erec-g98-557469.pdf", "legal_basis": "Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations 2002 Regulation 22(2)(c), and the Certificate of Exemption granted by the Health and Safety Executive in August 2008", "is_legal_requirement": true, "duty_holder": "the installer", "duty_holder_quote": "Your installer must notify the DNO within 28 days of commissioning the generating unit, and provide them with information on the installation. This is a legal requirement.", "duty_holder_source": "ENA Distributed Generation Connection Guide: G98 for Single Premises", "duty_holder_source_url": "https://www.energynetworks.org/assets/images/Resource%20library/G98%20Single%20Premises.pdf", "form": "G98 Form B, the Installation Document at Appendix 3 of EREC G98", "applies_to_diy_householder": null, "applies_to_diy_householder_note": "EREC G98 places the duty on the installer, and still does. No primary source consulted stated what a householder who installs a plug-in device without an installer must do until the Energy Networks Association published a registration portal at https://myplugin.solar/ , read 2026-09-02, whose FAQ states that registering the device there sends the notification to the DNO, and that registration is a legal requirement. That claim is the portal's own; its Terms of Use cite 'the regulations relating to these devices' without naming them. This field stays null because EREC G98 itself is unchanged: it names the installer, not the householder.", "not_referenced_by_si_2026_848": true, "not_referenced_by_si_2026_848_note": "The full text of SI 2026/848 was read on 2026-08-01. It amends product safety requirements and does not mention EREC G98, DNO notification, or any connection procedure. The notification framework is separate from the legalisation.", "last_verified": "2026-08-01" }, "limits": { "legal_product_cap_w": 800, "legal_product_cap_applies_to": "whether a device is a plug-in microgenerator under SI 2026/848", "g98_limit_amps_per_phase": 16, "g98_single_phase_kw": 3.68, "g98_three_phase_kw": 11.04, "note": "Two different caps apply and they are often confused. 800 W is the product cap set by SI 2026/848 for something to count as a plug-in microgenerator. 3.68 kW per phase is the connection-process cap for Engineering Recommendation G98. They serve different purposes." }, "legislation_summary": { "si_number": "2026 No. 848", "in_force_date": "2026-08-27", "wattage_cap_w": 800, "applies_in_this_dno_area": true, "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/848/made", "note": "Regulation 3 of SI 2026/848 extends to England and Wales and Scotland. All licence areas in this file are within that extent." }, "source_url": "https://www.ssen.co.uk/our-services/new-supplies/generation-connections/micro-generation-connections/g98g99-generator-requirement-documents/", "last_verified": "2026-08-01" }