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FIT Question

Im having PV installed next next....I was told by the company doing the installation to contact my power supplier(SSE) to get the FIT form and complete as much as I can for next week.Ive done this but just want to ask if I changed my power supplier in the future will I need to complete a new FIT form with the new power supplier?

Many Thanks

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  • keith_r59
    keith_r59 Posts: 255 Forumite
    mackemdave wrote: »
    Im having PV installed next next....I was told by the company doing the installation to contact my power supplier(SSE) to get the FIT form and complete as much as I can for next week.Ive done this but just want to ask if I changed my power supplier in the future will I need to complete a new FIT form with the new power supplier?

    Many Thanks

    I believe that you can register your FIT with any of the licensed electricity suppliers so you are not tied to the company you get your power from therefore if you decide to change your power supplier at a later date you can either keep your FIT with SSE or transfer it to the new supplier when you switch.
  • Ken68
    Ken68 Posts: 6,825 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Energy Saving Champion Home Insurance Hacker!
    How would that work Keith ? What if the energy supplier has more than a fair share of paying the FITS. Perhaps a central fund !!!
  • margin
    margin Posts: 35 Forumite
    Ken68 wrote: »
    How would that work Keith ? What if the energy supplier has more than a fair share of paying the FITS. Perhaps a central fund !!!


    Precisely. Ofgem administers a central 'Levelisation Fund' that all licensed electricity suppliers are obliged to pay into. Any FIT provider that is paying more than his fair whack of FIT payments gets a helping of the dosh.
  • Cardew
    Cardew Posts: 29,064 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Rampant Recycler
    Ken68 wrote: »
    How would that work Keith ? What if the energy supplier has more than a fair share of paying the FITS. Perhaps a central fund !!!

    Yes it is a central kitty controlled by ofgem.

    The kitty is funded by a levy on all electricity suppliers. So if Company A and Company B both sold xkWh electricity they would contribute the same funds to the kitty.

    Each of them would then claim from the kitty for the FIT money they paid out.
  • Ken68
    Ken68 Posts: 6,825 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Energy Saving Champion Home Insurance Hacker!
    Auditing too no doubt.
  • Ken68
    Ken68 Posts: 6,825 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Energy Saving Champion Home Insurance Hacker!
    Lots of renewable energy fraud going on in the EU.
    Just now on Radio 4 and this report.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11848048
  • Mankysteve
    Mankysteve Posts: 4,257 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Are your fitters MSC qualified is not you wont get FIT's
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