Tesla, the company of Elon Musk specialized in electric cars and energy, has asked the British Energy Regulator (OFGEM) to distribute electricity to British homes, according to the authority’s website, the first outside Texas. The document that formalizes this request, initially revealed by Sunday Telegraph, is dated July 18 and signed by Andrew Payne, director of Energy for Europe in Tesla.
Contacted on Monday, the company, active in solar energy and battery storage, had not responded to the beginning of the morning. Tesla had already obtained in 2020 a license to produce electricity in the United Kingdom, particularly thanks to its solar panels, without selling it directly to consumers. The company is already present in the electricity distribution market in Texas.
Diversification
Elon Musk’s firm “seeks to diversify more” in the United Kingdom, explains Susannah Streeter, an analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.
Global Sales of Automobiles Tesla fell in the second quarter in a context of greater competition and the form of the collaboration of his boss Elon Musk with the administration of Donald Trump. In the United Kingdom, the Cayeron brand records, from 2,462 in July 2024 to 987 the same month in 2025, according to the Association of Manufacturers and Automobile Sellers (SMMT) of the country.
Source: BFM TV
