Changes To Solar Panel Feed In Tariff

Changes to solar feed in tariff rates as we first reported back in may this month sees a small reduction to the solar feed in tariff with rates falling from 15 44p kwh to 14 90p kwh for solar photovoltaic installations up to 4kw in size.

Changes to solar panel feed in tariff.

Find out how to apply. Eligible customers can be paid a solar feed in tariff with any of our electricity plans. Usually your fit is paid by the same company that you buy your electricity from but it doesn t have to be that way. If it goes ahead this would pay households for excess renewable electricity they generate to the grid.

Just six weeks before the current solar panel feed in tariff payment scheme closes plans have been unveiled for a new solar power payment scheme. Please note that the feed in tariff fit scheme closed to new applications on march 31st 2019 and has since been replaced by the smart export guarantee. The feed in tariffs amendment coronavirus order 2020 and the feed in tariffs amendment coronavirus no 2 order 2020 collectively grant a 12 month extension to validity periods for all. Deemed is at 75 of generation for hydro.

The uk government has announced plans to axe the feed in tariff fit scheme from april next year. Feed in tariffs a feed in tariff fit is a credit customers receive for any unused electricity that their solar power system sends back to the power grid. Your feed in tariff fit is a subsidy paid to you by your energy company linked to the amount of energy your solar panels generate. The new tariff rate comes into effect from today 1 july and will remain in place until 1 october.

That s because two fits will be set. But bear in mind these rates do change so check your retailer. For residents of victoria there s a shake up with feed in tariff changes coming in july 2018. As recently reported in energy matters solar customers in victoria could get as much as 29 c kwh at peak times of the week.

Deemed at 50 of generation for solar pv wind micro chp and anaerobic digestion. It does not intend to replace the initiative and there will be no grace period for those. An additional deemed export payment is made and this is based on the generated energy i e. It s usually a set rate per kilowatt hour and paid as a credit on electricity bills.

More and more and people are asking the question. Time varying and single rates. A feed in tariff is a payment you can get if you generate your own electricity eg with solar panels or a wind turbine and you can also sell energy back to the grid. For the majority of feed in tariff customers readings are provided manually and payment made for energy generated.