Registering plug-in solar with National Grid Electricity Distribution
National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) runs the electricity network in The Midlands, South West England and South Wales. If you've plugged in a balcony solar kit there, registering it takes a couple of minutes online: it's free, and you don't need NGED's permission.
Step by step
- Check your kit is on the ENA register. It must be listed Compliant on the ENA Type Test Register ↗ , with a factory-fitted UK plug and no battery. Kits that don't qualify can't be self-installed.
- Gather your details: your MPAN (13-digit supply number on any electricity bill), the kit make and model and the date you plugged in.
- Register at myplugin.solar ↗ and the national portal routes it to NGED for you. Do this within 28 days of plugging in.
- Keep the reference number. You may need it if you move, change the system or switch to an export tariff later.
Plug-in registration route checked 28 September 2026.
Not a plug-in kit?
Hardwired systems, anything with a battery, and larger arrays fall outside the plug-in rules. They're notified to NGED under G98 (or G99), normally by your installer. Route: Online form (~10 minutes, instant acknowledgement). NGED's G98 page ↗
Formerly Western Power Distribution, so older kit paperwork may still say WPD.
G98 process last checked 2026-07-02. If NGED has changed its forms, its website is authoritative.
Postcode areas NGED covers
B · BA · BS · CF · CV · DE · DN · DT · DY · EX · GL · HR · LD · LE · LN · MK · NG · NN · NP · PE · PL · S · SA · SK · SN · ST · SY · TA · TF · TQ · TR · WR · WS · WV
Near a boundary or not sure? Use our postcode checker or check the supply number section of your bill.