PV Feed In Tariff

con747

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121023034#Comment_121023034

It was answered here before, you can have as many names who qualify for tax purposes on the utility bill as long as they live there and each one is able to avail of the €200 exemption.

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2023-07-12/91/

"The exemption is available to any individual who is the electricity bill payer, and who resides in the property. If there are two or more people named on the electricity bill, each person may avail of the €200 exemption."

alexf1

On the whole adding names to the account so we can claim an extra €200 exemption jobbie, I added my wife to the electricity account when renewing my plan with SSE. I was told they had to fully close the old account. So instead of renewing with a 10% discount, we were treated like new customers and got 15% discount! Go figure.... :)

the_amazing_raisin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121027519#Comment_121027519

Bunch

Of

Tools 🤦‍♂️

And these are the same companies that will complain their costs are too high and they can't lower prices

Don't get me wrong, well done for working the system in your favour, but the fact that it's able to be worked in that way is an indication of how broken the consumer energy market is

con747

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121023056#Comment_121023056

@Jonathan is it worth putting that link on the FAQ sticky if not there already.

Jonathan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121027952#Comment_121027952

Good idea. Done.

steamdave

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121014019#Comment_121014019

There was a plan to put a pumped hydro set up on a natural mountain lake directly above the sea in Co.Mayo dating back to 2012. The fluid would be seawater and the estimated drain time would be 6 hours. The power generated would be 6GWhr, 1200MW and linked to a 1900MW onshore wind farm. The original plan was to export the electricity generated to the UK through a dedicated 500kV 1300MW cable (because the local grid could not handle that amount of power).

Why has the plan not gone ahead? Well, the designer was most inconsiderate and died before all the bureaucracy could be overcome! Some of the plan may still go ahead one day.

Dave

DrPhilG

Is the Flogas 15c night offer gone now? My 7.9c Energia rate dies tomorrow. Their standard prices are 53.08c/25.46c and the best night rate they can offer is 21.64c so less than 4c a unit cheaper. In that case I'd likely be better to continue off contract until such times as my smart meter arrives and I get something with a cheap boost/EV rate.

the_amazing_raisin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121042795#Comment_121042795

Keep checking, the link gets taken down every so often because I think they get too many sign ups

oscarplus2021

We have been with BordGais for a year, and they pay 18.5 cents, we are considering to switch to a company that pays 24 cents. We have received the credits for the exported energy after 6 months.

Do you have any experience when switching providers once the microgen is active?

Do you know if BordGais is actually paying back all the energy that we exported during last 6 months when we close the account with them? many thanks

irishchris

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121046964#Comment_121046964

Just to be aware that from next month bord gais are paying 24c per kwh exported

DownByTheGarden

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121046964#Comment_121046964

You have to ring them and they will put it in your account

con747

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121046964#Comment_121046964

Also people whose contracts are ending with B/G are probably getting the best rates out there at the minute with discounts up to 44%. Read back a page or 2 below.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058235650/switching-electric-gas-providers-see-first-post-for-links/p178

n.d.os

I left SSE earlier this month. I was with them for one year and started producing my own electricity back in June of this year. So far I have received no credit from SSE and I'm worried that by the time their next payout comes around they will either disregard what they owe me or credit an account that is no longer in use.

Does anybody know how this works before I go ringing them for an explanation?

con747

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121075518#Comment_121075518

If you leave they should pay it into your bank, that's what happened to others who switched suppliers. Legally they have to pay it AFAIK if you are entitled to it.

JayBee66

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121075518#Comment_121075518

Don't bother ringing as they rarely answer. Contact their Twitter help account @SSEAirHelp

Payments are in June and October for the periods leading up to May and September.

You will only get paid when your NC6 has been processed by the ESB and your account on SSE updated in respect of this.

Your ESB Networks account should show that your excess power is being logged.

As you only started exporting this June then you will not get a payment until the October billings. If they don't then remind them through Twitter. Have MPRN and SSE account numbers at the ready.

I am still with SSE and see no point in leaving them just yet. They suit my usage profile.

bullit_dodger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121075556#Comment_121075556

Yeah, I was one such customer. Left SSE in Sept '22 and they "wrecked my head" about refusing to pay deemed export unless I accepted a smart meter. I explained to them (multiple times) that I wanted to stay on my D/N tariff which smart meters didn't support, but no.....they said that they would not pay me my deemed export unless I went the smart meter. Despite the very fact that "deemed export" was specifically setup to cater for people who didn't have a smart meter.

All a lot of $hit if you ask me. Anyway, left them as a disgruntled ex-customer after 10 years and lo and behold 3-4 months later a cheque for €193 arrived in my letter box. So as con747 says above, it's your money.....they are 99.9% legally enforced to send whatever you are owned.

Just make sure that you are on their micro-generation scheme as a customer and you should (in time) get all the monies that your owed.

connesha

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DownByTheGarden

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121023056#Comment_121023056

Someone who has a couple of 10 year olds could make them pay the electricity bill out of their pocket money :)

DC999

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121075518#Comment_121075518

CRU confirmed to me in writing that we're not entitled to FIT if on a 24hr meter. Rationale is that smart meter are available to people must move to them to get FIT. In the interim, D/N meters do pay deemed FIT but that is closing down once smart meters are available to people on D/N meters now

randombar

Hi All, probably a stupid question but did I see something in relation to a higher fit for an NC7?

con747

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121159488#Comment_121159488

I think the last I seen it was 0.135c and fixed for a certain amount of years but not 100% sure on that.

graememk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121160244#Comment_121160244

That document way back was confusing.

The nc7 really nothing to do with it, it's if you were domestic or non domestic

Domestic - 0c minimum

Non domestic is 13.5 minimum

No higher fit for nc7

the_amazing_raisin

I don't think you get a higher FIT but you can export more (assuming your inverter is up to it) so it can be beneficial in some cases

This is probably a good thread to look at for the NC7 process, it is a lot more involved than the NC6

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058310631/nc7-an-epic-saga

randombar

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121160443#Comment_121160443

I was looking at that all right, this one hopefully sounds more complex than the standard with the wind included as well.

Alkers

Sorry I haven't read the whole thread, we've had panels for nearly three years now and have been getting FIT on the deemed export rate since it came in, with our day / night meter.

We have never turned down or been offered a smart meter.

Out of contract with energia so initiated a switch to Bord Gais and singed up for day night tarrif and selected for microgeneration, only to get a call a few days later saying they had been instructed to halt all payments to people without smart meters. What are my options here?

I did recently get a letter about an upcoming smart meter upgrade but no date or time as of yet

DC999

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121166648#Comment_121166648

It's covered on this thread. Some on D/N meters with large batteries are moving to smart meters with a cheap night time rate between 2-4 hours (depending on the provider): Is there any reason left not to go smart meter? — boards.ie - Now Ye're Talkin'

jkforde

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121166648#Comment_121166648

I thought that, once you don't officially refuse the smart D\N meter swap, you should still be eligible for deemed FIT from your provider up until the new smart D\N meter is installed & commissioned.

creativedrinker

Does anyone know how flogas works with their fit? I received my first bill and there was no mention of it, do they do it seperate? My only experience is electric Ireland where it’s part of your bill.

waterwelly

I was told that I can sell my export to whomever I want. I don't need to sell it to my supplier, is this correct?

So for example if I am with bord gais as the cheapest supplier I can still sell it to electric Ireland if they pay the highest FIT.

HotSwap

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121171472#Comment_121171472

Who told you that? I read something about this in a document from the CRU; but I understood it was something that was going to take a long time to implement.