For Pauline Sinclair, building a new home has always been her dream, but finishing it has become a nightmare.
Despite the house in Orkney being almost ready to move in to, the date of fitting her electricity meter on 8 August has been changed to next year.
She is furious, as being without power will mean spending another winter in a caravan right next to her property.
And she is not alone, as other energy customers are reporting similar difficulties with meter installations. One builder said it could become a serious issue.
"It's so frustrating," Mrs Sinclair told BBC Scotland News. "The house is almost finished, we're wind and watertight and ready to move to the next stage - we're just devastated."
She said she had been told the meter would not now be installed until July next year.
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Sounds like renewables (including a wind turbine) and a battery could be her answer. Start off-grid and wait to see if they ever connect you?
Not good for people in ordinary houses though...
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The lead time on getting a new supply around here is between 4 months (if you are lucky) and a year. Always has been as far as I can make out. The DNO are exceptionally slow at dealing with new connection requests in my experience and even when they have agreed and quoted a price there are usually long delays. I was advised to request a new supply at least a year ahead of actually needing it, just to avoid the problems reported in that article, and that was a long time ago.
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I looked at the link and i didn't see any help offered in actually getting connected...
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2.0 kW/4.62 MWh pa in Ripples, 4.5 kWp W-facing pv, 9.5 kWh batt
30 solar thermal tubes, 2MWh pa in Stockport, plus Congleton and Kinlochbervie Hydros,
Most travel by bike, walking or bus/train. Veg, fruit - and Bees!
