Registering for FIT payments

Dave_16

Ectophile wrote: »

There certainly wasn't with my installer. I got all the paperwork needed for the FIT application on the day that the system was installed.

Wow My installer took about a month for everything to be done, fitted the panels early Nov then all paperwork by early Dec, also the panels were fitted before I had the energy efficiency survey, which is the wrong way round, they should send in a surveyor to see if you'll qualify for the FIT before the panels are fitted.

Dave

jimmyboy420

Dave_16 wrote: »

Wow My installer took about a month for everything to be done, fitted the panels early Nov then all paperwork by early Dec, also the panels were fitted before I had the energy efficiency survey, which is the wrong way round, they should send in a surveyor to see if you'll qualify for the FIT before the panels are fitted.

Dave

Not necessarily, you may not get an EPC band D until after the survey, so you wouldn't want to have to get a survey twice. If it's obvious you'll get a D, then why would you want the EPC before hand, when it will show a better rating safterwards?

James

thenudeone

You do not have to use your existing electricity provider to administer your FIT payments.

Why not sign up with these people:
http://www.goodenergy.co.uk/feedintariff/signing-up-to-fit

You can download an application form, and they will accept applications by email (or at least they used to), so you can do it all in a day.

lisyloo

You do not have to use your existing electricity provider to administer your FIT payments.

I have heard this from a couple of peole and I wonder if it's out of date because I was rejected by 2 companies (EON and Co-op) because they didn't supply my electricity.
EON will not take you unless you take their electricity or your own supplier doesn't do FIT.

If anyone wants to see my rejection emails then let me knwo.

theboylard

I signed up with GoodEenergy for our FiT, but won't be transferring elec/gas to them as we're in mid transfer to Ovo, who don't do FiT!

Spoke to GoodEnergy on the phone, downloaded the forms, filled in the pdf and then sent email with mcs cert, proof of id, epc, scan of suppliers invoice.

Job done, email back in 1hr & 6 mins (auto reply first in 6 mins) confirming on the road to GoodEnergy!

thenudeone

lisyloo wrote: »

I have heard this from a couple of peole and I wonder if it's out of date because I was rejected by 2 companies (EON and Co-op) because they didn't supply my electricity.
EON will not take you unless you take their electricity or your own supplier doesn't do FIT.

It is not out of date. It is still 100% true. Go to the goodenergy website and download the pack and see for yourself.

However, just because the statement: "You do not have to use your existing electricity provider to administer your FIT payments" is true, is does not mean that the statement: "every FIT provider must accept every customer who applies" is true

What is true is that everyone has access to a FIT provider.

The smaller energy companies are not obliged to accept FIT customers, and don't have to accept you, although some will.

AFAIK All the large energy companies must accept any of their own electricity customers as FIT customers AND also anyone who is with a small provider who doesn't have to provide FIT. This is how everyone is guaranteed to be able to access a FIT provider

There are two reasons why you might choose to go to a specialist FIT provider like good energy:
1) do you think you will get better service from a company who is only begrudgingly administering your FIT because they are legally obliged to; or one whose whole ethos is to support renewable energy?
2) if you sign up to a big company's FIT, AFAIK they can use your solar power to count towards meeting their renewables targets instead of investing in genuinely new renewable capacity. If you go to a smaller specialist FIT provider, it will force the larger companies to invest more in renewables to meet their targets, which will speed up the development of renewables generally.