Who gets the benefit from my exported electricity

debitcardmayhem

Who gets the benefit from my exported electricity Until  I get my export MPAN? 312kWh to date?

rjmachin

Nobody, you just have to wait until you get your export tariff set up.

I had solar panels installed in July 2022 and did not get the SEG set up until November 2022 due to waiting for the installers to send me the information that was needed (MCS Certificate, copy of email from the power network).

In that time, I exported 843kWh, which I get nothing for, but that's just how it goes.

I now have a battery and SEG setup and have only exported around 200kWh from November 2022 to now.

debitcardmayhem

rjmachin said:

Nobody, you just have to wait until you get your export tariff set up.

I had solar panels installed in July 2022 and did not get the SEG set up until November 2022 due to waiting for the installers to send me the information that was needed (MCS Certificate, copy of email from the power network).

In that time, I exported 843kWh, which I get nothing for, but that's just how it goes.

I now have a battery and SEG setup and have only exported around 200kWh from November 2022 to now.

So you are saying that the exported energy is run into the ground? I don’t think so, it should end up somewhere and reduce the costs/profit of someone perhaps the DNO.

MWT

Your unclaimed energy just balances out a tiny amount of the energy consumed but not billed elsewhere.

I wouldn't assume it is lost to you yet though, when my solar was installed the first export meter reading was assumed to be zero, so I got the full benefit of everything I had exported from day 1.

debitcardmayhem

Sadly my smart meter doesn’t show a value for export😱

matt_drummer

debitcardmayhem said:

Sadly my smart meter doesn’t show a value for export😱

It must do.

There may be a sequence of buttons to press in order to find it.

Just to check, you are talking about the meter and not the IHD?

Krakkkers

Your next door neighbour gets it all for free.

debitcardmayhem

matt_drummer said:

debitcardmayhem said:

Sadly my smart meter doesn’t show a value for export😱

It must do.

There may be a sequence of buttons to press in order to find it.

Just to check, you are talking about the meter and not the IHD?

Yes, it’s a L&G. Sack of s E470 with Trilliant hub, plus the gas meter has lost contact with Octopus Loop and bright since 1/4 

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debitcardmayhem said:

Sadly my smart meter doesn’t show a value for export😱

If it doesn’t, then you are not going to be able to get SEG payments! The export Market MPAN is needed to grant your supplier the right to access export data from your meter. You should be able to see your export index reading in one of meter sub menus. 

Reed_Richards

Krakkkers said:

Your next door neighbour gets it all for free.

Your next door neighbour (or near neighbours) may get it all but it isn't free to them; it costs them exactly the same as if it had come all the way across the grid.

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debitcardmayhem said:

matt_drummer said:

debitcardmayhem said:

Sadly my smart meter doesn’t show a value for export😱

It must do.

There may be a sequence of buttons to press in order to find it.

Just to check, you are talking about the meter and not the IHD?

Yes, it’s a L&G. Sack of s E470 with Trilliant hub, plus the gas meter has lost contact with Octopus Loop and bright since 1/4 

Does it have 2 green buttons labelled A & B? If so, try this....

Press and hold button B for about 10 seconds and then release - nothing visible happens on mine, but this bit is important

Now keep pressing and releasing button A which will cycle through a number of settings which may include an export value

If not, when you get to the last setting (there may only be 2 or 3) press and hold button A until another setting is shown

Now keep pressing and releasing button A again until you get to the export value

At least that's how mine works, but mine is set up for E7 so may have a different configuration and/or I'm not sure if the different energy suppliers configure them differently (I'm with EDF).

Worth a try.