Getting paid by OZEV!!

[HappyHippyDad]

Is anyone else having a ridiculously long wait to get the OZEV grant for EV installs?

I did my first EV install in July and have still not been paid the £350. The install has been accepted but the payment team keep saying they are waiting for OZEV to send them a vendor number!! Bloody bureaucracy.

5 months and still not a single penny for any installs. I realise the grants for domestic finish in March, but I am no longer offering it when I do EV installs, I am up front and let the customer know this. TBH this has only been once, but the customer was still happy to go ahead.

 

[timhoward]

I realise the grants for domestic finish in March, but I am no longer offering it when I do EV installs, I am up front and let the customer know this.

You are not alone - I can't be bothered with them either.
I believe @Gavin John Hyde once said he is routinely owed 5 digit sums by them.

 

[Julie.]

Very widespread I am afraid!!!

Anytime you deal with "Big Corporate" be it private or government; payment takes forever - deliberately!!

(except HMRC tbh, if they owe you, payment is received in a few days, if you owe them, they expect payment straight away!!)

I deal with big organisations/consultants etc all the time, and getting payment is a long drawn out process, their contracts often include clauses such as "payment will be made within 30 days", and "we shall receive a discount of 5% for payment within 60 days"... so basically they agree to pay the full amount on-time, but expect a discount for doing so! Then don't pay within even that timescale ( often 6-12 months after) and then apply the discount for "paying on time" anyhow!

Once bitten, I don't argue I just put the price up - over inflate the cost so that when they apply the unjustified discount and the delay in payment - I am still quids up!

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Well, both of your posts actually make me feel a bit better. It's obviously a generic thing, not just me, and at some point I'll get paid. Thanks for the responses.

 

[buzzlightyear]

there is a lot of sparks now dont offer grants ,some say its not worth it .me done today paid to day . i dont offer credit neither .

 

[LukeD]

I dont install them. but would never agree to schemes like this .

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

You are not alone - I can't be bothered with them either.
I believe @Gavin John Hyde once said he is routinely owed 5 digit sums by them.

when submitting your first install you cna wait 2 months after approval as OZEV/DVLA send it to shared services who verify the company, director etc using government records, also verify electronically the bank account then process payment, it then takes 7-10 days depending on where you fall in the month and pay runs.

Septembers installs submitted 1st October, approved by OZEV 20th October Paid 1st November - 4.2K
Octobers installs submitted 1st November waiting approval, had an email earlier asking for clarification on a parking space being linked in a carpark. not rejected. seems a good civil servant. told they will be approved in next day or so. £4.5K
November so far am up to nearly £5K in grants that will be applied for end of month. Currently flat out and sometimes doing 2 installs a day. got 6 more installs booked before end of the month.
When you do lots of installs you do need good cashflow which I am fortunate to have. I factor the grant into my pricing and in effect add a interest rate to compensate my business.

If waiting such a long time email them and ask them for the progress of your submission.

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Update...

I have been paid!

It took 6 months.

No more OZEV grants will be offered by me to the customer

 

[buzzlightyear]

It will be finished soon, so grab why you can.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

It will be finished soon, so grab why you can.

Not entirely. If they rent the house they / landlord can.still get the grant

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

Update...

I have been paid!

It took 6 months.

No more OZEV grants will be offered by me to the customer

OZEV owe me more than 11k.... !!

 

[HappyHippyDad]

OZEV owe me more than 11k.... !!

Bloody ell!

Will you be carrying on with the grant for the rental sector Gavin?

I'm guessing there may not be a huge decline in privately owned houses getting EVCP's, as we seem to be moving towards electric anyway.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

Bloody ell!

Will you be carrying on with the grant for the rental sector Gavin?

I'm guessing there may not be a huge decline in privately owned houses getting EVCP's, as we seem to be moving towards electric anyway.

Yes .. albeit greatly reduced as most landlords wont pay for a chargepoint to be fitted... They begrudge.an EICR so hard pushed to get them to spend several hundred.
Its potentially quite good for apartment buildings as the grants are very generous in this instance as it pats towards the groundworks etc...
Even without grants its only going to grow exponentially, the better chargers will do well but they basic cheap units less so. As.always its like comparing a £50 toolstation board to a full hager rcbo and spd board.