Metering in Residential Car Parks: MID & MIR Rules Explained

If you charge residents per kWh for EV charging, metering regulations apply to your chargers today, and most property managers don't realise it. We created Getting EV Charging Right in Residential Car Parks to cut through the acronyms and set out what you actually need to do.

We'll explain everything you need to know, right from the beginning: the Weights and Measures Act 1985, the Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016, and the government's Smart Secure Electricity Systems consultation.

• Whether the rules already apply to you, and the "used for trade" test that decides it
• Where MIR, the UK regulation that implements the EU's MID into UK law, doesn't apply, and the Ofgem resale price rule that still does
• When the new requirements arrive, why the timeline keeps changing, and why the change is forward-looking only
• How the UK and EU regulatory tracks have diverged since Brexit, and what that means when you procure
• A four-question checklist for chargers already in the ground, and when replacement is genuinely needed
• How to specify equipment going forward to ensure you're always compliant

Non-compliance can carry civil penalties of up to £10,000 per non-compliant chargepoint under the Electric Vehicles (Smart Charge Points) Regulations 2021. This guide helps:

• Establish whether you are compliant today
• Audit an inherited portfolio without replacing equipment that doesn't need replacing
• Specify hardware that satisfies current rules and the requirements coming in
• Ask suppliers the conformity questions that show they understand their UK status, not only their EU certification