Ofgen have to approve reading ?

travellerboy

My first quarterly read is due and was advised by First Utility that I must give the reading within a 3 week timeframe. They said Ofgen have to approve the reading and maybe ejected !


Is this real ?

mac2008

It is true that readings do get sent to Ofgem to calculate the levelisation fund, which suppliers pay into. Your FiT supplier then receives their money from Ofgem and pays you. I suppose they might have procedures to ensure no fraud is taking place - e.g. a customer (or even electricity company) inflates the readings to get more money, but I'd be surprised if Ofgem rejected an individual's reading unless it was orders of magnitude out what would be possible from their system.

kevin6666

Not sure about the smaller FIT licensees but the big 6 do not provide readings to Ofgem to approve and neither do they provide them to Ofgem for Levelisation. Levelisation is done by providing a summary of Payments made and a few other bits and bobs but the readings go nowhere..well...they do get given to DECC annually but that's for something else.

I'd be reasonably surprised if Ofgem saw/approved the readings for the smaller Licensees, I'd imagine Ofgem just approve the Quarterly Levelisation data and give the smaller Licensees the cash to make the payments or not.

If you want quick Payments you'd need to use one of the big 6.

thomasusa80

Not certain about the more modest FIT licensees however the enormous 6 don't give readings to Ofgem to favor and none, of these do they give them to Ofgem to Levelisation. Levelisation is carried out by giving a synopsis of Payments made and a couple of different bits and bounces yet the readings go nowhere..well...they do get given to DECC every year except that is for something else.

I'd be sensibly astounded if Ofgem saw/sanction the readings for the more diminutive Licensees, I'd envision Ofgem simply favor the Quarterly Levelisation information and give the littler Licensees the money to make the installments or not.

In the event that you need brisk Payments you'd have to utilize one of the enormous 6.



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EricMears

There may be an innocent explanation for a newbie re-entering someone else's submission almost word for word but not adding a comment but it does bear a striking resemblance to a technique sometimes used by would-be spammers to build up their profile.

Martyn1981

EricMears wrote: »

There may be an innocent explanation for a newbie re-entering someone else's submission almost word for word but not adding a comment but it does bear a striking resemblance to a technique sometimes used by would-be spammers to build up their profile.

Fascinating (I must get out more) how so many words have been replaced thesaurus like with similar words.

Do I assume that this may be some sort of bot?

Mart.