house purchase and solar pv install EPC probs

cypher007

so if it hits into the D section after install, do I get the 14.9p rate? as the gov website isn't clear:

1) My property is, or will be very soon, an EPC Band D or better

or

2) My property is an EPC Band E or lower

well at the mo it is band E54. but after solar pv it will be approx. D66 according to the epc advisor.

Martyn1981

cypher007 wrote: »

so if it hits into the D section after install, do I get the 14.9p rate? as the gov website isn't clear:

Martyn1981 wrote: »

Not recommending you take a punt, but ..... the PV will count towards your EPC, and the EPC only has to be valid before you submit your FiT application, so if it's not good enough, you can carry on improving things, until the EPC is good enough.

Martyn1981 wrote: »

Yes, D or better when you make the FiT application,

14.9p until 31/3/14, then 14.38p.

Energy Performance Certificates and the Feed-in Tariff

New rules on the payment of FITs for solar PV installations came into force on 1 April 2012. From that date you are required to send to your FITs supplier an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) showing that your property has an EPC band D or better at the time of your application to get the standard rate of FITs rather than the lower rate.

Mart.

mac2008

cypher007 wrote: »

figured it was cumulative after reading the epc properly. using the epc advisor I added just the panels and got a D66.

My EPC says adding PV would take it from C74 to B82, so only an 8 point increase compared to your estimated 12 points. Still obviously more than enough to push you into a D though...

My EPC also reckons solar HW would cost £5k, save £25pa and add just 1 point, from 73 to 74.