Need a copy of paperwork to submit to dno for panels

[Dillsue]

SPEN are the DNO for southern Scotland and the old MANWEB area covering some of the north west and north Wales. Google "DNO network map"

[Dillsue]

1 hour ago, trialuser said:

Yes thanks. I'm also on the hunt for more ammo if anyone has experience of this with SP energy networks. I believe they also are a DNO for some areas 'down South'.

Have a read of the ENA G99 guidance. If it doesn't include a requirement for MCS then SP shouldn't be asking for it.

[sharpener]

On 28/08/2024 at 09:10, sharpener said:

Discovered this process yesterday, you or the electrician would need to open an account as an installer. Don't know if it applies in NI though.

 

Tried this as an experiment tonight, some observations:

• Does apply to NI
• Will enable you to apply to connect individual approved devices or combinations thereof, but not request specific export limits etc.
• You need to have a decent picture of the DNO cutout and files of any supporting information to hand e.g. single line diagram of any export limiting device before starting.
• You can't proceed to the next step without uploading pictures/files when requested
• If you go to any other menu options you will without warning lose all the data you have entered and have to start again
• Can't save an incomplete application and return to it later
• MPAN is looked up and completed application is forwarded to your DNO based on address (address lookup didn't work for me though so I don't know it this would have been successful)
• The process is certainly simple but it is not clear how your DNO will proritise it in relation to direct applications

 

All in all a greatly simplified process compared with the myriad different forms for G98/G99 I had to complete in 2022. But no help in the current situation where I have been waiting 6 weeks for a callback from NGED to discuss uprating an existing installation simply by changing software settings.

[Dillsue]

8 hours ago, sharpener said:

All in all a greatly simplified process compared with the myriad different forms for G98/G99 I had to complete in 2022.

?? For our G99 there was an application form to complete, a single line diagram to compile and a G99 cert for the inverter to submit..... same as the online process above?? Yours may have been more complicated as you've got quite a complex system, but the standard G99 application is straight forward.

 

If the online system looses data quite easily then the non online application sounds easier??

[sharpener]

5 hours ago, Dillsue said:

Yours may have been more complicated as you've got quite a complex system, but the standard G99 application is straight forward.

 

Hardest part was establishing that A1-2 was the correct form amongst the many alternatives for a G99 application at the time.

 

5 hours ago, Dillsue said:

If the online system looses data quite easily then the non online application sounds easier??

 

I imagine if you do it for a living you will know what is required and complete the application in one go. Occasional users are the ones who will fall foul of this. Hopefully the above pointers will help ppl avoid these pitfalls.

 

But being able to save your work and resume later is hardly novel, it is a feature of the commercially-run gateway for Planning applications which you are now obliged to use (at an additional charge of IIRC £70 or so on top of the LA fees).