ENWL's previous application process resulted in a lot of time being spent, both from the customer and ENWL, hand plotting on maps to calculate costs and plan the subsequent works to create a customer's new electricity connection.
This process previously took around an average of 3.5 days to complete and had the added complexity of a lack of consistency with pricing for customers.
ENWL’s new ‘Connections’ service streamlines a long, paper-based service, keeping things simple for the customer and handling complex integrations with multiple back-end technologies. The customer’s address is validated by postcode lookup, then directs to the showcase functionality within the portal – the mapping tool. Here, the customer locates their property, indicates its boundaries, and plots where they want the connection, picking up the relevant mainline cable.