Solar Exporting

[Deleted User]

So, is exporting /selling your excess energy to the suppliers,,, ?
In my opinion no it is not.. Better to make use of the energy yourself.

I beg to disagree. These are my import/export costs for the past 28 days on SEG:


We do use as much as we can which includes EV charging: albeit, not everyday.

69bertie

Dolor said:

Your supplier can only access the export side of your meter when it has an export MPAN: that is, one smart meter: two MPANs.

Very true which is why they ask for a photo of the current meter reading. After all, whether there is an MPAN or not, that meter is still recording the export. Just wish the MCS certificate came through quicker or even better, the installer had the means of recording the concurrent smart meter reading at the time of install so that it was all cobbled together with the certificate, so that whoever you eventually went with, you got paid from the beginning. Currently its a bit of a bodge. My smart meter export was reading zero when the install was done. 4 weeks on that was no longer the case. Problem is, one can only use so much electricity. One reason the excess gets exported.

And RoynJess , not certain where you live but certainly in this house there is only one Smartmeter and that was installed by Sottish Power last year. Once everything is set up i.e. I get the Export MPAN in place, they will be reading the meter direct. I certainly didn't supply any metering for them. And its an E7 meter with fixed cheap rate times i.e. 12.30-7.30am GMT. Not certain why your setup should be different.

julie_burt

Solar Export tariff ? Just got a 5K system with no battery, which tariff is best. At moment trying to run washer/dishwasher etc in the morning but we won't use all the energy ! We are customers of Octopus ! 

[Deleted User]

Octopus Fixed Outgoing at 15p/kWh or Agile Outgoing at a variable export rate.

Before getting paid for exports under the SEG scheme, Octopus will need to see your MCS Certificate and the DNO sign off for your solar array. It will then apply to your DNO for an export MPAN for your smart meter. Depending on your DNO, this process can take a few weeks.

Petriix

Or Flux if you don't have really high usage in the evening. 

[Deleted User]

Petriix said:

Or Flux if you don't have really high usage in the evening. 

‘2.8.5 To be eligible for this tariff you must:

• a) Have a Smart Meter for both import and export installed;
• b) Have a photovoltaic (PV) solar system and a home battery installed and operational at the property which we supply; and
• c) Provide us with your G98 / G99 certification from your distributor.
• d) Provide us with your MSC certificate for your PV system’

Source: Octopus Energy Flux FAQs

cm4ever

[Deleted User] said:

Petriix said:

Or Flux if you don't have really high usage in the evening. 

‘2.8.5 To be eligible for this tariff you must:

• a) Have a Smart Meter for both import and export installed;
• b) Have a photovoltaic (PV) solar system and a home battery installed and operational at the property which we supply; and
• c) Provide us with your G98 / G99 certification from your distributor.
• d) Provide us with your MSC certificate for your PV system’

Source: Octopus Energy Flux FAQs

No sorry, 2.8.5(b) has been disproved as a mandated requirement i.e. you don't need the home battery to be accepted on Flux.

markin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vwDrfuXyik

[Deleted User]

No sorry, 2.8.5(b) has been disproved as a mandated requirement i.e. you don't need the home battery to be accepted on Flux. 

I suspect that is a CS mistake. Why would Octopus put the requirement in its terms and conditions if a battery is not required? I had to provide DNO approval of my battery when I signed up.

davieba

I recently had 6.5 kW of panels and a 13 kWh battery installed, and have been looking at the various SEG schemes. I'm a customer of Octopus, with intelligent IO, but was unsure whether Flux might be better. I did look at the Scottish Power SEG at a generous 12p per kWh, but was rather surprised (or should that be not surprised?) to see they've made it almost impossible for those with batteries.

"Battery storage schematic diagram

If you also have a battery storage system, we’ll need an image of the install schematic (or single line diagram) to show that the output from the batteries will not be measured by the export meter. This is due to it being classed as ‘brown energy’, which isn’t eligible for payments in our SEG scheme. The diagram must show where the smart/export meter sits in relation to the renewable installation, battery and grid."