Freetricity solar panels

gatcjt

I would not have Free panels installed. My Mum has them installed with Freetricity last July, sadly passed away in November. I am trying to sell her house and have had buyer after buyer pull out once their Solicitors get involved and advise them of the issues with Mortgage companies and issues selling on the property. Freetricity want over £10k for me to buy out the lease and take the things off the roof. I have an Unsellable house at the moment. Freetricity are not easy people to talk to about it either. BEWARE...

zeupater

GJE wrote: »

Hi,

My name is Garry and I work for a Shade Greener. My role isto source suitable properties for free solar. If you are looking for free solarPV then please contact me .....

... and the award for solar spammer of the year goes to ..... <extended silence> ..... Garry from ASG :j:j:j

Congratulations, as I write this you have posted exactly the same text 8 times on different threads ....

I suppose that the senior management at ASG have given permission to one of their employees to spam on their behalf ? .... perhaps the day will come that those who use boards such as this will return the favour .... just think, thousands of sales leads for Garry at ASG from which not one successful appointment is achieved .....

Take care when spamming, you might just well get what you ask for & have the compliment returned ....

I'd simply suggest that an apology to forum members is forthcoming, the spam is taken down & you have a word with your line manager in the morning ....

Z

theboylard

I nearly applied for a job with them in Northampton.
Made an appointment for an advisor to call round just to see what the experience would be like from the customer side...

They rang me back on a Saturday asking to speak to my wife (wut?) how did they know I was married?!

Anyway, they wanted to change the appointment - told them couldn't do it. They said ok, see you promptly blah blah.

Come day of visit, they ring in the morning to tell me the advisor was sick! Could they reschedule?

No, sounds dodgy after the phone call at the weekend.

No I didn't apply in the end, not sure if I could work for such a company?

jimjames

LloydQuint wrote: »

I am not sure these panels will generate free electricity..Initial cost is very high and efficiency is low. On cloudy day there will be no electricity..

Any particular reason you chose to join and post incorrect information?

On a cloudy day there will be LESS electricity, there will not be NO electricity.

Difference in solar panel electricity produced between sunny and cloudy days

hobbitworks

I had Freetricity panels installed Aug '13, just spoke to Brit Gas and they don't understand why my elec meter readings are going backwards. they were not aware that a, I have Solar Panels and b, who owns them and should receive FIT. Is it up to me to register these interests or Freetricity ?

groovyf

I would expect Freetricity would have signed up to a FiT supplier (clearly not British Gas as they'd know if they were paying out for your property's address).
You're only getting the "free" electricity. Surprised it's taken them this long to figure out your meter is going backwards - as these days it's a good assumption the only reason it would do si is due to solar panels (or other such as wind, hydro power).

zeupater

hobbitworks wrote: »

I had Freetricity panels installed Aug '13, just spoke to Brit Gas and they don't understand why my elec meter readings are going backwards. they were not aware that a, I have Solar Panels and b, who owns them and should receive FIT. Is it up to me to register these interests or Freetricity ?

Hi

In addition to the above post, I'm quite surprised that the system supplier didn't inform you that a backward running meter was a possibility and that if it did that it was your responsibility to inform your energy supplier and get it changed.

As it stands you'll owe BG some money for the energy you've used but hasn't been metered, whether you can convince them to waive the debt is really up to your own negotiating skills, but make sure that what they do estimate the figure to be is calculated fairly. If you're not successful in clearing the debt, in your situation I'd look at all of the paperwork you received regarding the pv system to check what it says about reversing meters .... if there's nothing, then I'd contact Freetricity and insist that as they hadn't made you aware of the possibility and informed you what to do, they had been neglectful and should assume responsibility for any BG backcharge .... it's worth trying, but don't rely on being successful, after all, you've used the electricity without paying for it!

HTH
Z

nigelpm

zeupater wrote: »

Hi

In addition to the above post, I'm quite surprised that the system supplier didn't inform you that a backward running meter was a possibility and that if it did that it was your responsibility to inform your energy supplier and get it changed.


HTH
Z

Is this correct?

I agree that it is your responsibility to inform your energy supplier but is it really your responsibility to get it changed?

EricMears

nigelpm wrote: »

Is this correct?

I agree that it is your responsibility to inform your energy supplier but is it really your responsibility to get it changed?

I suspect that what was originally meant was that it's the consumer's responsibility to advise their energy supplier that meter is running backwards so that they ( the energy supplier) can arrange to change the meter.


Providing you've advised them as soon as you realised the situation , you can hardly be expected to do any more. Indeed, if you did rush out and buy a new meter and fit it yourself you'd probably be accused of all sorts of criminal offences !

nigelpm

EricMears wrote: »

Providing you've advised them as soon as you realised the situation , you can hardly be expected to do any more. Indeed, if you did rush out and buy a new meter and fit it yourself you'd probably be accused of all sorts of criminal offences !

Quite!

What's the deal if you change energy supplier as well?

That might generate complications into the mix as presumably the new supplier can only back-bill you for the period you've been under their custom.