<p>Housebuilders “need to appreciate the race they are in” when it comes to securing electricity for their sites, Chris Doré, TriConnex’s business development director, said today (September 20).</p> <p>Speaking at the Home Builders Federation’s Technical Conference in Birmingham, Doré told delegates that, in a far cry from when housebuilders were the “biggest show in town” when securing power for their developments, other industries which by nature were able to move faster with site acquisitions, could claim substantial amounts of energy capacity in a shorter space of time. </p><p>“In less than nine months, an HV electric vehicle charging hub can take the [electrical] capacity of 300 homes,” Doré said. “One bus garage can take the capacity of 1,000 homes.”</p> <p>Other sectors seeking electrical capacity for their buildings and infrastructure, including data centres, were “well-funded and can make decisions quickly. You [housebuilders] are not going to spend money unless you can buy the land,” Doré stated. </p> <p>He strongly recommended housebuilders create and maintain a live view of the grid status of the whole of their pipelines.</p> <p>Also speaking at the conference, Phillip Dixon, principal of Ofwat, gave an overview of the organisation’s recent price review consultation for 2024 which also covered …