Solar Panel Guide Discussion

ShaunD

Thanks for reply I will check ofgem web site out.

ShaunD

Is there a switching site that will tell me which utility company will give me the best price for my electricity that I generate from my panels ? I'm currently with EDF & I've never had any problems but are they the best.
As a supplier I find there pricing good, the most I've been able to save by swapping adds up to about £20 a year so I'm sticking with them.

ASavvyBuyer

ShaunD wrote: »

Is there a switching site that will tell me which utility company will give me the best price for my electricity that I generate from my panels ? I'm currently with EDF & I've never had any problems but are they the best.
As a supplier I find there pricing good, the most I've been able to save by swapping adds up to about £20 a year so I'm sticking with them.

All the utility companies pay the same amount (according to your contract for FIT payment) so there is no benefit in changing which company you are signed up with (unless you have problems with them).

We are with EDF too for FIT and have not had any problems and they are very speedy at making the payments.

You can use any other company for your electric supply, without changing FIT company. We changed from EDF to E.on and then to Iresa to get the best value for our usage.

NigeWick

ASavvyBuyer wrote: »

All the utility companies pay the same amount (according to your contract for FIT payment) so there is no benefit in changing which company you are signed up with (unless you have problems with them).

First Utility are taking two months from reading to payment. I am going with Ecotricity for my gas and electric and will see if I can get my FiT from them too. Unless someone can tell me they're even slower that FU.....

JOhnHazelden

I have had panels since 2010 but my installer went out of business a couple of years ago.
I have now been contacted, out of the blue, by a lady claiming to be "The Solar Centre" and she wants to send an engineer around to carry out a warranty service.
I'm concerned this is a scam just to get me to spend money with them.
Has anyone had similar calls or know anything about them?
Many thanks.

zeupater

JOhnHazelden wrote: »

I have had panels since 2010 but my installer went out of business a couple of years ago.
I have now been contacted, out of the blue, by a lady claiming to be "The Solar Centre" and she wants to send an engineer around to carry out a warranty service.
I'm concerned this is a scam just to get me to spend money with them.
Has anyone had similar calls or know anything about them?
Many thanks.

Hi

Welcome to the forum ...

If you can, check your call history and search the web for who called from that number .... there seem to be plenty of similar calls reported, particularly from an 07468... number which have been annoying people for quite some time .... usual ploy seems to be to offer a free 'check-up' supposedly linked to some government scheme or other but require signatures & charge for a pro-active 'repair' of some kind or other ... If that's the case, from what I've read the callers don't seem to have much patience, often resulting in verbal abuse, so not much of a sense of humour or business acumen ...

Check the number & if they ring again simply ask for details of registered office address, qualifications, approved schemes, liability insurance, VAT registration number etc .... that usually separates the genuine businesses from the scammers ....


HTH
Z

jimjames

JOhnHazelden wrote: »

I have had panels since 2010 but my installer went out of business a couple of years ago.
I have now been contacted, out of the blue, by a lady claiming to be "The Solar Centre" and she wants to send an engineer around to carry out a warranty service.
I'm concerned this is a scam just to get me to spend money with them.
Has anyone had similar calls or know anything about them?
Many thanks.

There is no requirement for any warranty service on solar panels - they just work so unless you actually have a fault this is likely to be a scam.

JOhnHazelden

Thanks for that feedback and for your welcome..
The number came up as withheld so I couldn't check it.
I was short of time today so I just put her on hold till later in the week.
I'll feedback after that next call from her what I manage to find out.
Thanks again.
John