The worst aspect of the DNO "Green Recovery" document is its limited ambition. If we are seriously intent on the sale of fossil fuel vehicles by 2030 and the removal of gas fired boilers in favour of heat pumps at a similar time, these proposals do not scratch the surface...we should be talking about billions not millions.
The whole system of DNOs needs replaced. We are trying to patch a system which should be replaced by 3 phase, all substations need replaced to allow discharge by dwellings of excess locally generated power and to cope with the additional loads that Home charging of a couple of vehicles per dwelling and an air source heat pump will require. By far the cheapest power generation is via domestic solar and I for one could triple my existing solar generation if I was allowed to do so and I was allowed to export and/or store much more.
The whole system of DNOs needs replaced. We are trying to patch a system which should be replaced by 3 phase, all substations need replaced to allow discharge by dwellings of excess locally generated power and to cope with the additional loads that Home charging of a couple of vehicles per dwelling and an air source heat pump will require. By far the cheapest power generation is via domestic solar and I for one could triple my existing solar generation if I was allowed to do so and I was allowed to export and/or store much more.