Who benefits from solar panels on rented houses, Landlord or Tenant.

Grannysmith2

If you are paying the electric bill in a private tenancy who should get the benefit of the solar panels, the Landlord or the tenant?

Keep_pedalling

Well the tenant will get the benefit in the reduced amount of electricity they need to draw from the grid, but the landlord will receive any feed in tariff they generate. 

markin

If the is no feed in tariff the Owner of the panels should still get the generate income to pay off the panels investment they made, it may be different in social housing.

Could be more complex if you want to install solar on his roof, renting out the roof to solar companies is in the past i think, but the landlord may still expect an income from it.

What is the situation?

Reed_Richards

In the good old days of a high Feed-in Tariff there were so called "rent-a-roof" schemes where a company would install solar panels free of charge, the house owner would get the benefit of the electricity they generated but the rent-a-roof company would get the benefit of the FIT for electricity and would own the panels.  On that basis I would say that a tenant definitely does not own the panels so should not benefit from any export earnings they generate.  But of course they can use all the free electricity.  

ic

Grannysmith2 said:

If you are paying the electric bill in a private tenancy who should get the benefit of the solar panels, the Landlord or the tenant?

What does your tenancy agreement say?  Who bills for the electric?