PV Feed In Tariff

ANyone have the latest data on FIT rates and when it gets paid out? monthly / yearly/ etc

It could do with some updates, Flogas are paying 22c/kWh ex VAT for FIT

On my ESB Networks account I noticed that from 1300 on April 18th to 0530 on April 19th that my feed-in was not recorded. There was no power cut. Is that to be forgotten or does the ESB have a wondrous algorithm for determining what I might have exported so that I am recompensed for that period?

Maybe a silly question here.. surely the smart meter itself has recorded the export? So when the next data was uploaded at the end of the "blackout", this should have been reflected?

I suppose what I'm getting at is how they are arriving at the half hour data. and coping with comms or infra failures, which will happen.

lets say the cell tower is down for 2 hours.

It comes back up, I'd expect the next data sent to be easily reconciled for those 2 hours. say it was 4kw.. they could show 4kw for one of the half hours, or average it across the 4 half hours, but either way, not lose the data.

It looks like data is being lost here and it speaks to a bad protocol.

I don't see why they would need estimates for bills, with smart meter unless the meter doesnt report daily during billing cycles. They could show estimates for short periods in the half hourly data, but they should always be able to show accurate totals. and ideally replace any estimates with real data when it does arrivr.

Electric Ireland said they submitted my microgen payment 2 weeks ago. Still nothing. And that was after the credit showing up on my account 6 weeks prior where they did nothing. They'll happily sit on money that isn't theirs rather than just call/email to confirmed where to send it.

New to this thread and just noticed this comment a little late. When you say that the NC6 was received 11 months late, was that because ESB Networks claim that they didn't receive it the first time it was posted/emailed to them?

If you are confident that they should have received it 11 months prior then you can tell them you want them to search again, otherwise you'll be submitting formal requests under the Freedom of Information Act and the GDPR. In my case this resulted in an immediate change of tune, and the miraculous discovery of my NC6, which had been submitted a full year before they claimed to have first received it.

Oh wow thats bad. @cru anyone paying attention?

I have been having this issue too and I cannot understand why it should be allowed. Currently, the estimated calculations in place over read my actual consumption /import and under read my actual export. I'm pretty annoyed about how this set up can be allowed at least the old / pre smart meter system had a failsafe where your meter was actually read after an estimated bill and you were credited / debited for the "actual" usage....so called "smart" meters my bum!

How often do SSE pay FIT, just moved to them last month, just got first bill but no mention of FIT so thought I'd ask how frequently they credit it to your account.

After much cajoling I got feed-in credit from the SSE on the last bill. It's supposed to be twice yearly (December and May) for SSE but I was already with them on a 24 hour non-smart tariff and it took months trying to get through to them to get the credit and change to a smart tariff. You either get lucky on the phone or contact them through a direct Twitter message on their support account.

According to the Borg on the other end of the line, the smart meter would be "switched on" by accepting the new tariff, even though it had been in the wall and happily billing for 12 months. So long as you gave them a smart meter number then you should be on a smart tariff and set up for credit payments. However you might want to remind them on Twitter.

With regards to this month's bill, it didn't appear on the account on the expected April 23rd. Today, the credit level on the account has been incremented with the final government hand-out and the PSO credit minus standing charge and what little electricity we imported. However, the bill was not there to be seen.

I think SSE are struggling with PV exporters and smart meter users. There is supposed to be smart data on the account but it is still grayed out.

I hope their struggles are not a sign that the company is failing. I don't want to end up in the clutches of Electric Ireland.

No, I received a deemed export value but it was very close to what I calculated the actual value to be.

SSE appears chronically understaffed. Cost saving? You have to push and prod them but they get round to you, eventually. Do nothing and back burner you go.

Interesting news from California, where FIT has been cut by 75% overnight.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27042023/inside-clean-energy-california-rooftop-solar/

When similar happens here I don't think anyone should be too surprised.