PV Feed In Tariff

I left Electric Ireland in September and went to Bord Gais. I got a smart meter installed in August. My 9.1kw ground mount system was installed in July. From August 22nd to when I left in September I exported over 900 kwh back to the grid. I emailed EI to see when were they going to pay me the FIT. I received this email from them today:

RE: RE: Pament of microgeneration

HOMESERVICES@electricireland.ie

An export payment will be made to you by the end of this year. We will be in contact with you before this to confirm how exactly the payment will be made.

Worth noting that for Flogas the rate is 22c excl. VAT.

Not sure how they are treating VAT here but looks like all other suppliers are quoting their rates excl. VAT.

I know what you mean but i think it's more that other suppliers aren't reducing VAT for export €. So I'm not sure if Flogas are actually going to have a credit of 2c on the VAT line or not.

A few supplier mention that there is no published guidance for customers in relation to the VAT treatment of electricity exported to the grid by customers.

So i wonder if it would possible to claim more back from Revenue.

Not completely sure what the calculations are here. Switched to Energia EV rate end of April. PV install mid May. NC6 submitted end of September I believe.

Mostly night time use via house battery system and EV charged at night, so those figures tally with my own records.

It is the FIT figure that is confusing. I think the FIT units figure adds up to the units fed to the grid from install date to beginning date of this billing period (end April to start September). Using the calculation posted in this thread the yearly FIT should amount to 1784- D/N meter so this is deemed export figure. I was not expecting this amount of FIT payment - others on thread are commenting that their FIT was for approx 44 days. Definitely not complaining but anyone else have a high deemed export figure and understanding of the calculation? Also, what will happen to all of the credits (Government subsidies and FIT payment/s) if moving to other supplier at end of this contract without having used up all of the credits (there is another €77 credit to add on to the bottom figure from my last billing period, so I might struggle to use up all credits)?

That was me. I signed up with Energia in Sep so my first bill only included 44 days, as expected. The Feb-Sep export payment needs to come from my previous provider. You are different since you are with Energia since April.

That bit is strange alright. Officially they say you only get it from the date of your NC6 but maybe your installer put the actual install date on the NC6 rather than the Sept date and hence you have got the full deemed export back to your install date.... that seems the most plausible and good for you! :)

Energia would have to cut you a cheque. They certainly wont be allowed pocket your money if that's what you are worried about.

I would only declare the 200 that was for the year in question. You can amend the previous years tax return and add the 200 in there if you want.

Besides that - this is good news about the SSE FIT change. Pleasantly surprised. Does anyone know when it changed? Not exporting much lately :) My contract is up for renewal now in the next few weeks so hopefully I don't need to switch supplier - I don't have a battery or an EV yet to benefit from energia's EV plan ( Smart meter ).

A little bit, but not much.

The switching itself is the very same. The gotcha is chasing any potential outstanding export credit from your old provider, which will be a pain if they are one of those that only pay once or twice a year.

No, I'd file the 200 this year and 200 next year in that instance, regardless of when they're paid they were accrued in different calendar years

Should the EC6 form have been submitted to ESBN by installer? Is is not part of the process?

EDIT - yes is the answer

Yes. Pretty standard. It's one of two approved methods even for VAT let alone expenses or income. You can do cash flow method or time accrued method (not sure of the correct names, but one means filing them as you pay and the other means filing as they are incurred)

Yes, my 5kW inverter listed as a 6kW in error by the installer is quite beneficial🤐. Do we know if the deemed FIT will stay consistent across the full year (export deemed equal over the summer month and over the winter months)?

I swapped from a 5kW to a 6kW a few months back. Just emailed the installer today to see if they updated it.

Both had 2 strings, but I increased my capacity from 6.2 to 7.44kWp.

Plus the 6kW can handle better charge/discharge speed.

Well SSE haven't a clue.