Mandatory Credit: Photo by Geoffrey Swaine/Shutterstock (14127275ag) High rise new build apartments which are being built all over the town. Reading Council has raised its fears that a lack of electricity capacity in the local networks will hamper its climate goals as hundreds of new homes are springing up in various locations in the town. As new homes are built, essential electricity connections are established to ensure these homes have power, not only for cooking and heating but also for electric car charging. The council has goals to boost electric car use and phase out the use of gas boilers by requiring developers to provide heat to new homes via air-source heat pumps. Fears have been raised that electricity provider Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has capped the amount of electricity network connections that facilitate electric car charging and air source heat pump use. Reading Council has raised fears that a lack of electricity capacity in local networks will hamper its climate goals as hundreds of new homes are built in the town., Reading, Berkshire, UK - 26 Sep 2023