Green Deal

Robin9

Could one of the Forum Members who did sign up could tell what should happen.?

I presume the installer prepares a certificate that has to be signed by the property owner and sent off to his electricity supplier who then arranges for the export meter.

macman

No, the approved installer does the install, which should include a gen meter (not an export meter, which is not required for FITS). They also provide the confirmation of install, which the householder submits to his chosen FITS provider, not necessarily his own electricity supplier. The installer does not process the registration, unless the system has changed in the six years since mine was installed.

Robin9

macman wrote: »

No, the approved installer does the install, which should include a gen meter (not an export meter, which is not required for FITS). They also provide the confirmation of install, which the householder submits to his chosen FITS provider, not necessarily his own electricity supplier. The installer does not process the registration, unless the system has changed in the six years since mine was installed.

So ajfowler what did you get and sendoff ?

ajfowler

Yes solar PV

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Your installer should have left you with the documentation below to enable you to register your installation for FITs.

Registering for FITs

Once your chosen installer has installed your generating technology, take these steps to register for FITs:

Ask your installer to register you on the central MCS database. The installer will then send you a certificate confirming MCS compliance.

Tell your chosen FIT supplier that you wish to register for the FIT and send them:

a completed application form

the MCS certificatefor solar PV, the Energy Performance Certificate that shows your home has an energy efficiency rating band D or better.

Your FIT supplier will:

cross-reference your installation with the MCS database and undertake other eligibility checks
confirm your eligibility and the date you are eligible for payments from

add you to the Ofgem Central FIT Register, which records all installations in the FIT scheme

agree with you if and when you will need to provide meter readings and when they will make FIT payments to you – these will form part of your statement of FIT terms.

ajfowler

I was told the Government got the FIT as I had the solars for free under the Green Deal and I would benefit from reduced bills. My consumption has reduced slightly but not enough to pay for the Green Deal which is added to my bill, e.g saving £20 per quarter in consumption but Green Deal adding £90 per quarter to my bill thus increasing my bill overall.

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ajfowler wrote: »

I was told the Government got the FIT as I had the solars for free under the Green Deal and I would benefit from reduced bills. My consumption has reduced slightly but not enough to pay for the Green Deal which is added to my bill, e.g saving £20 per quarter in consumption but Green Deal adding £90 per quarter to my bill thus increasing my bill overall.

Your consumption will only reduce slightly if you are there to make use of the solar-generated electricity. I have a 2.15kWp system and my wife and I are at home most days. On average, we use about 60% of the solar energy that is produced saving us about £100 per year on our electricity bill.

You haven't got your system for free. The whole point of the Green Deal was that payments would come out of the savings made so the homeowner would not pay any more for their energy but would benefit in the longer term.

This is what a number of sites have to say about the Green Deal.

How Green Deal and FIT work together for Solar PV

Having a Green Deal assessment is a good first step for anyone considering renewable energy for their homes. The assessment can tell you if your home is going to be suitable for the technology you are considering, as well as flagging up any other energy efficiency improvements you should be making beforehand.

Once you have decided on a technology, you can use the Green Deal finance mechanism to help with the cost of installing solar PV, with the amount you can apply for dependant on the amount you will be expected to save on your energy bills. The loan may only cover part of the cost, in which case you will be expected to raise the rest of the capital yourself.

Once you have installed your PV system, you can claim the Feed in Tariff as normal. Because the repayments you are making are based upon the amount you are saving on your energy bill, you will not notice the repayments coming out, and in fact your payments may well go down. On top of this, you will start receiving FIT payments as soon as your system is commissioned, leaving you in pocket and in a more efficient house sooner than you thought.


If you are having difficulty understanding what you have signed up for then you need to take all the paperwork that you have to your local CAB and ask for advice.

ProfessorChao5

It sounds like you have confused the Green Deal with Free-to-Fit or been miss sold.

The Green Deal is a loan, attached to the house which must be repaid. The maximum repayments are calculated by working out how much the measure will save the house, in this case it seems they have worked this out at £1.01 per day.

Some companies have pushed the green deal as no upfront cost but not free (however there can be some confusion over green deal and eco where these cross over but not relevant in this case).

With this you are still eligible for the Feed in Tariff which goes to you and can be used to pay towards the Green Deal loan repayments.

Free-to-fit is essentially where a private company pays and owns the panels and they get the feed in tariff payments.

If you do not have the relevant paperwork to claim the FIT, either get this from your installer or if they are not responding some companies will inspect the installation and provide you with the relevant paperwork which will cost you but it will be worth it as a last resort to claim the FIT.

You can also go down the route of complaining to the green deal finance company and claim the loan was miss sold. However it may be difficult to prove it has be miss sold vs you not reading the paperwork provided...