Areas we cover
This site covers commercial battery storage and business backup power for sites across mainland Britain. Coverage below is grouped by DNO region, because the distribution network operator is who your G99 application goes to and where any grid constraint shows up.
Where your site sits matters for three practical reasons. First, the DNO sets the G99 connection timescale, which varies widely and is usually the critical path on a battery project. Second, your DUoS band and available-capacity (kVA) charges vary by region, and those charges are exactly what a battery shaves. Third, some networks are capacity constrained, which is often the reason a business installs storage at all: a behind-the-meter battery lets you draw more during peaks without paying for a reinforcement. Sizing starts from half-hourly data, so the saving reflects your region's charges rather than a national average. See the commercial battery storage cost guide for the numbers, or request a reply by email.
For the East Midlands, the network operator’s 2026/27 bands and rates, the connection route and the regional programmes are gathered on commercial battery storage in the East Midlands. The nation guide for Wales does the same for the South Wales red band, SP Manweb in the north, rates relief and funding.
Commercial battery storage in the East Midlands
DNO: National Grid Electricity Distribution (East Midlands)
Our strongest region for commercial storage enquiries. Heavy distribution and logistics demand along the M1 corridor, where peak demand charges and grid capacity limits bite hardest.
We also cover Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Mansfield, Newark, Kettering, Wellingborough, Corby and Daventry.
Commercial battery storage in the Thames Valley & Oxfordshire
DNO: Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN, Southern)
Science, data and R&D loads with high, steady demand. Several parts of the network are capacity constrained, so storage is often the route around a costly reinforcement.
We also cover Witney, Abingdon-on-Thames, Didcot, Henley-on-Thames, Bicester, Banbury and the Harwell and Begbroke science campuses.
Commercial battery storage in the East of England & Essex
DNO: UK Power Networks (Eastern)
Strong demand from food production, cold storage, logistics and life sciences. UK Power Networks operates one of the busiest connection queues in the country, which makes behind-the-meter storage particularly valuable here.
We also cover Essex including Chelmsford, Colchester, Southend-on-Sea, Basildon and Harlow, plus Hertfordshire, Suffolk, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
Commercial battery storage in the London & the South East
DNO: UK Power Networks (London and South Eastern)
Dense commercial property, constrained networks and high non-commodity charges. Peak-shaving and available-capacity reduction usually drive the business case.
We also cover Surrey including Guildford, Sussex including Chichester, Brighton and Eastbourne, plus Kent and Hampshire.
Commercial battery storage in the Yorkshire & the North East
DNO: Northern Powergrid
Advanced manufacturing, steel and process industry with energy-intensive, spiky demand profiles that suit peak-shaving and load shifting.
We also cover South Yorkshire including Rotherham and Barnsley, West Yorkshire, the Humber and Teesside.
Commercial battery storage in the North West
DNO: Electricity North West
Large logistics and warehousing estates with significant refrigeration and materials-handling loads.
We also cover Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire, Lancashire, Warrington and Chorley.
Commercial battery storage in the West Midlands
DNO: National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands)
Automotive supply chain and metal processing, where demand spikes and grid headroom both matter.
We also cover the Black Country, Solihull, Telford and Staffordshire.
Commercial battery storage in the South West
DNO: National Grid Electricity Distribution (South West and South Wales)
A high concentration of existing commercial solar, which makes solar-plus-storage retrofits the most common project here.
We also cover Somerset, Devon including Exeter, Exmouth, Torbay and Newton Abbot, plus Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.
Commercial battery storage in the South Wales
DNO: National Grid Electricity Distribution (South Wales)
Public-sector and industrial decarbonisation demand, supported by Welsh Government net zero targets that flow down through procurement.
We also cover Caerphilly, Newport, Bridgend, Barry, Pontypridd and the South Wales valleys.
All 31 locations
Every location page covers the local DNO, grid-connection context, the demand profile that drives the business case, and local cost and payback data.
London
Greater London
Population 8,908,081
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Birmingham
West Midlands
Population 1,141,816
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Leeds
West Yorkshire
Population 793,139
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Sheffield
South Yorkshire
Population 584,853
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Manchester
Greater Manchester
Population 568,996
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Bradford
West Yorkshire
Population 546,412
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Liverpool
Merseyside
Population 498,042
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Bristol
Bristol
Population 472,400
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Coventry
West Midlands
Population 379,387
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Cardiff
South Glamorgan
Population 372,089
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Leicester
Leicestershire
Population 355,218
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Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
Population 337,098
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Doncaster
South Yorkshire
Population 311,890
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Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
Population 300,196
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Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
Population 287,060
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Sunderland
Tyne and Wear
Population 277,692
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Southampton
Hampshire
Population 269,781
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Hull
East Yorkshire
Population 267,100
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Wolverhampton
West Midlands
Population 263,700
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Plymouth
Devon
Population 263,100
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Derby
Derbyshire
Population 261,400
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Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
Population 256,127
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Northampton
Northamptonshire
Population 249,093
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Swindon
Wiltshire
Population 233,410
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Luton
Bedfordshire
Population 213,052
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Portsmouth
Hampshire
Population 208,100
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Reading
Berkshire
Population 174,224
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Oxford
Oxfordshire
Population 152,450
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Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
Population 145,674
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Norwich
Norfolk
Population 144,000
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Surrey
Surrey
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Not on the list?
The pages above are the areas with published local grid and demand context, but the guidance covers sites across mainland Britain. The peak-shaving calculator on this site applies the published charge bands to your own figures. If storage does not stack up for your site, we will tell you.
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Wherever your site sits, we reply by email with what that region's published network charge bands say for your peaks.
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- We do not sell, install or quote for batteries, so there is no system to oversize and no payback to inflate.
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