PV Feed In Tariff

My electric Ireland bill has come through too with no FIT credit yet. Think they said “by the end of the year” so fingers crossed for the next bill, with €200 extra credit!

Take your point-the energy credit is generous (and not means-tested).

But is it sympathy we're looking for?

My own interest is in the increased uptake of PV and I'd be very concerned that this would slow if the FIT is seen as something fuzzy. Most people that I talk to are as interested in the financial return as the environmental benefits. A lack of clarity will crimp investment.

You have me opposite way round. Im saying becasue everyone is getting Gov grant money - the providers are going to be SLOW to pay us for FIT (wait they are already WAY past the deadline for FIT as it stands)

/RANT MODE ON

Just got my reply from ESB on my NC6 form. My supplier says they sent it last year - ESB says they never got it. Supplier sent a new one in - and ESB says sorry we will onbly enter the date received not the date of original install. SO yeah you can damn well bet that EI will only start the FIT clock from this new date and i will get zero back payment. Now when i switch from EI in the new year - I expect they wont pay me anyways.

The government/regulator has been WAYYYYY to lenient on the electricity suppliers.

I sent my query to esbnetworks@esb.ie, but do't expect an immediate answer.

Don't give up.

In my case (see details above) my new provider has contacted me to say they reviewed the recorded call in which I signed up to them in August 2022 and:

1. They offer to pay me EUR30 as a "goodwill payment" for reneging on their promise (evidenced by the recording of the call) to pay me the FIT from 15 February 2022 to date even though I only switched to them in August 2022;
2. They now say that "in November" they will pay me FIT for the post-switch period (yesterday, they said they wouldn't because I was "eligible" for a smart meter); today's agent could see my MEC on her screen via ESB Networks;
3. They said I would get the FIT for that pre-switch period from my previous supplier; I rang the previous supplier, Energia, who said they would pay if I had duly submitted an NC6, at the rate of EUR0.18, on a future (unknown) date.

If there's anyone else out there getting the runaround I did (might yet get some more) I suggest you raise hell and post here.

Rooftop solar has not a chance in hell of taking off if the FIT is not duly paid in full.

NC6 ideally should be sent in to ESBN via registered post, at least then you have an official record of it being received by them? (or am I being daft, niave?)

If a supplier doesn't pay out on FIT until day December, an you leave to another supplier in October, what happens then?

Will the pay out on the proportional amount due up to your leaving date as a bank transfer?

The new supplier would have to make up the rest for the year?

Which is exactly what you'd expect.

You cant expect any provider to pay you FiT for a period where you were not a customer of theirs.

It will, though, make the whole switching process more complicated as some providers are not paying FiT every billing period so you could find you are chasing them for €20 of FiT... are you going to bother? I'd say that's what they are hoping will happen, people will just walk away and forget that €20.

It would be given as a credit refund into your account. It’s not going to be transferred to another provider.

true but at least it places the ball of responsibility firmly on their side of the net!

anyways, in 2022, it's daft that this is a manual postage process (RPA?!), RECI should lodge these forms electronically.... (I can hear the laughter 😂....)

I had credit when I left SSE. Not only that but I was still in contract and broke it to leave early.

They're sending me a cheque for the credit. Its late mind you, must contact them now.

In fairness you have always been able to send the nc6 in electronically and hag my one sent in for install last year this way. Received an email within two days confirming receipt of it. Proof then of both sending it and confirmation of receiving it as easily checked at later stage if any issue.