It appears that the EVHS grant will be removed this time next year and re-directed to the rental and leasehold side of the domestic sector. It will be interesting to see the effects of this on the private owner side. If the intent of government is to retain so-called smart charger roll-out then the cheaper dumb chargers will have to be outlawed! With the grant of only £350, clients already see the dumb chargers as a viable option.
The EV charger requires a new circuit, in England and Wales that is already notifiable work under Part P and requires a LABC notification.It is easy enough to keep track of what is being installed where and who by through the LABC notification system.
But there will be more installations without the DNO approval being sort.
I am all for scrapping the domestic EV charger grant and opening up the market, it just needs a few people who do a bad job and who don’t notify the work to the LABC to be fined to encourage people to to things by the book. That’s what Part P was supposed to do, so use it for its intended purpose.
The OLEV scheme has held many competent electricians back from getting involved with installing EV chargers because of the delays in the past of paying out the grants as well as all the extra administration work, if the electrician can get paid in full before leaving the customers premises it really will encourage the electricians to get involved.
The EV charger requires a new circuit, in England and Wales that is already notifiable work under Part P and requires a LABC notification.It is easy enough to keep track of what is being installed where and who by through the LABC notification system.
But there will be more installations without the DNO approval being sort.
I am all for scrapping the domestic EV charger grant and opening up the market, it just needs a few people who do a bad job and who don’t notify the work to the LABC to be fined to encourage people to to things by the book. That’s what Part P was supposed to do, so use it for its intended purpose.
The OLEV scheme has held many competent electricians back from getting involved with installing EV chargers because of the delays in the past of paying out the grants as well as all the extra administration work, if the electrician can get paid in full before leaving the customers premises it really will encourage the electricians to get involved.
