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FORT energy · Grid connection application

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Tell us about your home

A few plain questions, then we'll suggest systems that suit. You don't need to know anything technical — if you already have a specification in mind, there's a shortcut at the bottom.

What sort of property is it? *
How much electricity do you use?

Best answer is from a bill — look for units used over a year. A rough figure or a guess is fine; we'll refine it later.

Fill in either box, or pick a property type above and we'll estimate.
Roughly how many panels would fit on your roof?

A guess is genuinely fine. A panel is about 1.8 m by 1.1 m — roughly the size of a door. Most 3-bed semis take 8 to 14 on one side.

Do you want power during a power cut? *

Most systems switch off in a power cut, the same as your neighbours. Backup keeps some or all of your home running from the battery. It costs more and needs extra equipment, so it's worth being honest about whether you'd use it.

Anything else that uses a lot of power?
Your electricity supply

Most homes are single phase. Three phase is more common on farms, larger properties and businesses. If you're unsure, leave it — we'll confirm from your meter photo.

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Pick a system to apply for

Three options based on what you've told us. You're not committing to equipment — the application is for the size of system, and we finalise the exact kit at survey.

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Your electricity supply

Your MPAN identifies your property on the network. Getting it right first time is the single biggest thing you can do to keep the application moving.

Most applications go through on this information alone. We ask for a little more than the bare minimum so that if your network operator comes back with questions, we can answer them without another visit. A site survey often isn't needed at all.
Where the system is going
Find your address — start typing your postcode or street

Pick yours from the list and we'll fill the boxes below. Or just type them in yourself.

Your meter

The MPAN is on your electricity bill, marked "Supply number" — it's the 13 digits along the bottom row of the boxed grid. We check it as you type.

Can't find the MPAN? Skip it and upload a bill on the next step instead — we'll read it off for you.
More than one meter
Nearly always, a second meter means a separate supply with its own MPAN — a granny annexe, a workshop, a let unit. That's a different application.

Occasionally two meters sit on one MPAN, usually where a split-phase supply has been metered twice. That's what this question is really after.

Either way: give us the MPAN for the meter where most of the electricity is used. That's the only supply the solar or battery will offset, so that's the one worth connecting to.
Your main fuse
Only if it's safe to do so, and only if you can read the number without touching anything. The main fuse sits in a sealed grey or black unit beside your meter. Never open it, unscrew it, cut a seal or pull the fuse — it is live, it belongs to the network operator, and interfering with it is both dangerous and an offence. If you can't see a rating from where you're standing, choose "can't tell" and we'll identify it from your photo.
Is there anything already generating electricity here?

This means anything that makes its own electricity, whether or not it's working. Your network operator assesses the property as a whole, so leaving something out is a common cause of delay.

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Show us your property

Your network operator wants a plan showing where the property sits. Find your home on the map and draw round it — it takes about thirty seconds and saves us asking for a site plan later.

Find your property

Start typing your address. If the map lands in the wrong place, drag it and zoom in until you can see your roof.

Tap "Start me a box" for a shape you can drag into place, or draw the outline yourself.
No outline drawn yet
Rough is fine. We're showing the network operator which building and land the system belongs to, not a legal boundary. Include the house and any outbuildings or land you'd want panels on.

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Two photos and a plan

This is the shortest step and the most valuable. Take these on your phone — it takes about two minutes.

Photograph only. Don't open, unscrew or unseal anything. Everything we need is visible from the outside. If you can't get a clear shot safely, tick the box on the slot and we'll capture it ourselves.
Your meter photo does more work than you'd think. As well as the serial number, it usually tells us how your property is earthed and whether you're on single or three phase — two technical details you'd otherwise have to hunt for. A clear, well-lit shot can be the difference between applying this week and booking a survey.

These are much easier on a phone

You need to be stood at the meter, and nobody wants to carry a laptop outside. Send the job to your phone instead — the photos land here on their own, and you carry on where you left off.

  1. Open the photo page on your phone
  2. Take the photos out at the meter
  3. Come back to this screen — they'll already be here
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Permission to apply on your behalf

Network operators only deal with the property owner or an appointed agent. Signing below lets us handle the application for you. You can withdraw it at any time in writing.

The property owner
We'll need the freeholder's written consent before we can submit. We can request it directly if you'd rather not.
How we reach you
Letter of Authority

Letter of Authority

I, [your name], being the owner or occupier of [address], [postcode], supply number MPAN [MPAN], appoint Fort Energy Limited, 40 Middlegate, Morpeth, Northumberland, as my agent in respect of the electricity connection at those premises.

Fort Energy Limited has my continuing authority to apply for a new connection or a modification to the existing connection, to correspond with my Distribution Network Operator and my electricity supplier on my behalf, to receive and review connection offers, and to request metering and consumption data relating to the supply.

Fort Energy Limited may not accept a connection offer or commit me to any cost on my behalf. Any offer will be referred to me for a decision.

This authority stands until I withdraw it in writing, or twelve months from the date of signature, whichever comes first.

Signature *

Sign with your finger, or hold down the mouse button and draw.

Sign here
A signature is required.
Confirmations *

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Check before you send

Anything wrong here becomes a delay later. Use the edit links to go back — nothing is lost.

Application received

We'll check your details, prepare the drawings and submit to your network operator. You'll hear from us within two working days.

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Quote this reference in any correspondence. We've emailed you a copy of your Letter of Authority and everything you told us.