Data reveals ‘postcode lottery’ for clean tech installations

Octopus Energy has today released new data revealing significant regional disparities in the time customers have to wait for approvals to install new EV chargers, heat pumps or solar panels.
Such approvals are needed to ensure that the local electricity network can support the new connection. If the network can’t cope, a grid upgrade may be required.
This process for clean technologies stands in stark contrast to the process for fossil-fuel alternatives, such as gas boilers, which don