Bought a house with solar panels....

[pingu393]

Dogbash said:

pingu393 said:

Is it you that is in direct correspondence with EON, or your solicitor?

Both now, I've sent them the details and also solicitor has emailed them everything.

Andrew

I think it would be best left to your solicitor to write to them (unless e-mailing them is the done-thing nowadays, and they react to his e-mails).

He has clout, you have nowt. He should know what to do if EON fail to do what they are supposed to do. You can contact the solicitor's ombudsman if he fails to do (or has failed to do) what he is supposed to do.

[Peanut Gallery]

Out of curiosity, could you turn the panels off? - Then tell EON they are off, and not to make any payments?

The seller might realize that he will not get any more money from them, and be slightly more inclined to sign them over?

[Kev_Mk3]

The solicitor sounds like a utter bunch of monkeys.

I would probably spit my dummy out get the panels disconnected and then removed from my property. I would keep the panels etc for 12 months and inform the previous owner that if he wants his property to collect within a time scale or they will be recycled. If the previous owner wants the panels he can take them and do what he wants. If not then I would be weighing them in that's the end of it.

[Dogbash]

Had an email from eon today...

“Hi Andrew,

The account was passed to our transfers team today to complete the transfer which they have done.

You will shortly receive a FiT plan through the post. Please sign, date and return this to us to set your FiT account as live.

Thanks,”

I’d call that a result!

[JQ]

Great result, well done for keeping going.

[Podie]

Jeez, that’s quite a saga....

[BlackLabel]

Great result OP - well done for not giving up. It will be a nice little bonus over the years given you are on one of the early more generous tariffs.

[Notreallymeeither]

Well done, sounds like a good result.

Keep us updated with what the seller says when he finds out. Will his FIT payments just stop when it transfers to you?

Also, would you consider trying to get the last X months of FIT payments out of him (it has been a sunny summer)

[dirty doug]

Congrats OP

Tenacity is an undervalued character trait!

I would have been slightly less diplomatic than you, but I detest bullies/liars/cheats and would never have given up.

DD

[snake_oil]

Fantastic. I wonder what the vendor will do when he realises.

[Old Man Fred]

Dogbash said:

Had an email from eon today...

“Hi Andrew,

The account was passed to our transfers team today to complete the transfer which they have done.

You will shortly receive a FiT plan through the post. Please sign, date and return this to us to set your FiT account as live.

Thanks,”

I’d call that a result!

If this gets sorted that will be a result, fingers crossed for you!

[pingu393]

Excellent news - are you off to check the classifieds and see if an Ariel Atom is for sale?

[Oakey]

Excellent. Now whack the fking prick with a claim for the money he's received since you moved in

[ade73]

Oakey said:

Excellent. Now whack the fking prick with a claim for the money he's received since you moved in

This.

We have solar panels on our house and keep a record of the monthly readings. Pm me if you want an idea of what he has gained by not transferring the fit over.

[Dogbash]

I've now had the documentation from EON. The installation is 9.20kW. It lists the "starting payment rates for your generation and export tariffs" as 44.19p for every kWh you generate and 3.57p for every kWh you feed back to the grid. How does this work? Bit confused with the 2 numbers.

For reference, I've generated about 6,000 KW in the last 6-7 months or so.

Andrew

[ade73]

Dogbash said:

I've now had the documentation from EON. The installation is 9.20kW. It lists the "starting payment rates for your generation and export tariffs" as 44.19p for every kWh you generate and 3.57p for every kWh you feed back to the grid. How does this work? Bit confused with the 2 numbers.

For reference, I've generated about 6,000 KW in the last 6-7 months or so.

Andrew

Easy way to understand it is half the lower number (as they take it you will feed back half of what you generate) and add it to the higher number so for you 3.57 ÷ 2 + 44.19 = 45.97p

Multiply this by the ammount you generate and then divide that by 100 to get your fit payment.

3.55÷2+44.19=45.97

45.97 x 6000 ÷100 = 2758. 20

This is why matey boy was reluctant to swap it over.

Edited by ade73 on Saturday 8th September 00:29

[pingu393]

ade73 said:

Easy way to understand it is half the lower number (as they take it you will feed back half of what you generate) and add it to the higher number so for you 3.57 ÷ 2 + 44.19 = 45.97p

Multiply this by the ammount you generate and then divide that by 100 to get your fit payment.

3.55÷2+44.19=45.97

45.97 x 6000 ÷100 = 2758. 20

This is why matey boy was reluctant to swap it over.

Edited by ade73 on Saturday 8th September 00:29

Good news is that is under the limit for Small Claims Court

- go get 'em, Floyd

[Paul Drawmer]

Or...if you have a reverse reading meter, you will get paid for the actual amount exported, which in your case will be more than the assumed 50% of generation.

[Dogbash]

Just to bring some closure to this thread, I submitted my first meter reading end of September and received a payment of around £3100 first week of October.

Really pleased how it’s ended, I was sure I was going to get screwed. Moral of the story is tie the solar panels into the contract so there is no doubt.

[Old Man Fred]

Well worth chasing then! Well done for sticking with it to the end