"We run all electric appliances. No connection to the grid." Off-grid homeowners reveal what it really takes to cut ties with utility companies: 'What's been the hardest part …?' first appeared on The ...

Some 2,000 households are thought to be off-grid in the UK, having no access to mains power. With connections quoted at prices up to £478,000, why is it so expensive and why do people stay? On the ...