completion forms

[sammarkbryan]

hello,
i recently did the solar pv course and remember filling out some completion forms at the end of the worked example, not the test sheets, it was a seperate form where do i get these from?

Also, once the pv system is up and running do the local electricity supplier come out and read the generation meter and pay the customer accordingly? or do they estimate it on the size of the array installed? these details were never made clear on the course but are going to be obvious questions we will be asked

any help much appreciated.

 

[pjcomp]

Look in appendix A of the DTI's Photovoltaics in Buildings - Guide to the installaltion of .. etc

If the completion form you're after is the one sent to the energy supplier to claim the FiT, you'll find that all the suppliers have their own forms on their websites for you/the property owner todownload and fill in, they don't want the "official" ones. Note - they all do things a bit differently. Some want loads of form-filling, notification in advance, additional paper, some want minimal info and can be told afterwards.

Once the install is up and running, you register it on the MCS database with the starting reading (usually 0) and the supplier takes it from that - if they want anything different they correspond with the householder. The householder submits a reading quarterly and gets paid on that (payment regimes vary with suppliers). In the absence of an export meter, the standard payments are 50% of generated at the standard rate, 50% at the export rate - have a look at Renewable Energy Installer from Ashley and Dumville Publishing Ltd, issue 11 (e-edition) for an article on energy suppliers and export meters.

PJ