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The legal step

How to register your plug-in solar panel

Registering is a legal requirement. It's free and done online at myplugin.solar, the Energy Networks Association's website. You don't need an installer.

Before you start

Check your kit is approved

Type the make or model on the box. We'll check it against all 134 kits on the official register, taken 13 October 2026.

Step by step

  1. Go to myplugin.solar, the UK plug-in solar registration website.Energy Saving Trust, Electricity North West
  2. Enter your name and the postcode where the kit is installed.Energy Saving Trust, Electricity North West
  3. Choose your kit's make and model.Energy Saving Trust, Electricity North West
  4. Submit. You'll see confirmation on screen but won't get an email, so take a screenshot.Energy Saving Trust
  5. Register before you use the panel.Electricity North West

Removing or moving it

Ofgem's rules ask you to tell your network operator when you take a kit out of use, as well as when you put one in. Do this through the same registration route.

Ofgem

Common questions

Do I have to register my plug-in solar panel?

Yes. The Energy Saving Trust and Electricity North West both say registering is a legal requirement.

Where do I register plug-in solar?

On myplugin.solar, the UK plug-in solar registration website run by the Energy Networks Association. It passes your details to your local network operator.

When should I register?

Electricity North West says you need to register before you use the panel.

Do I get an email to confirm?

No. The Energy Saving Trust says you'll get confirmation on screen but no email, so take a screenshot.

More guides

Approved kit list

All 121 approved kits, searchable, plus the 13 that failed.

The rules

Sockets, extension leads, landlords, planning and Northern Ireland.

Set it up safely

Where it goes, which socket, and the checks to do first.

Is it worth it?

Real savings by city and direction, and the government's own figures.

Sources

  1. Energy Networks Association: UK plug-in solar registration (myplugin.solar)
  2. Energy Saving Trust: plug-in solar panel checklist
  3. Electricity North West: plug-in solar
  4. Ofgem: decision to approve DCRP/MP/26/02, G98 amendment for plug-in microgeneration (11 August 2026)

Checked 13 October 2026. Spotted something out of date? Email hello@socketpanel.co.uk. How we check