latest date

[hanky-pankysex]

ye just found out they do want a photo of it in place

 

[tommac1]

Just talked to Utility Warehouse and they said just get application in by 12th.

 

[JMT]

Surely each energy provider cannot make up their own rules if the offical stance from the government is that all systems comissioned before the 12th and all paperwork received by energy providers is the 12th then they are elegible.

 

[KSOL72]

MCS have an envisaged guarantee date of the 25th Nov - I'm sure many orders will not be met due to simple supply and commissioning obstacles – should there be one protest by solar industry representatives filling Whitehall one day followed by members of the general public that have their opportunity taken away that would fill Hyde Park the next ?!?

 

[SRE]

Guaranteed date for what? Provided the MCS website doesn't keep crashing and the utilities are prepared to accept scanned, emailed applications with automated receipts then where does the 25th November come into the equation?

 

[KSOL72]

...a (major) supplier is suggesting they will only guarantee processing for all registrations received 10 days prior to the 12th.

 

[SRE]

What's to process other than the MCS certificate which provided the website is up and running takes minutes? The utilities are all taking applications and sending automated receipts up to midnight on the 25th. The fit application only has to be received by the utility not processed. We might as well give up now they've got huge backlogs if it had to be processed but it hasn't it just has to be with the utility before the 12th December.

 

[KSOL72]

MCS announcement - no cut off deadline....many thanks to the letter writer of their MD, possibly got confused whilst counting their Euros....sorry, deutsche marks

 

[TedM]

This is from the MCS website:

[h=2]Clarification about registering installations on the MCS Installation Database[/h] To all MCS Accredited Installers

Please note that all MCS Installations can be registered on the MCS installation database as normal during the month of November and December 2011.The MCS Database will be in operation as usual, and there is no cut-off deadline with regards to registering installations with the MCS installation database in relation to the FITs changes. We are currently speaking with our database developers about ensuring the system functions accordingly to cope with any increased demand that may take place.

 

[TedM]

I have asked DECC to confirm the Service Level Agreement that Gemserv are contracted to provide for the MCS database. Still waiting for a response. There possibly isn't one. I know there wasn't one back in April 2010 when FiTs started, but I'm not sure if one has been put in place since then.

 

[hanky-pankysex]

just received an email from the sta.

The statement reads:
Please note that all MCS Installations can be registered on the MCS installation database as normal during the months of November and December 2011. The MCS Database will be in operation as usual, and there is no cut-off deadline with regards to registering installations with the MCS installation database in relation to the FITs changes. We are currently speaking with our database developers about ensuring the system functions accordingly to cope with any increased demand that may take place.

They also state:

The MCS Standards state that the installation companies have up to 10 working days to provide the customer with their MCS certificate. Our MCS database will not be closing or shutting down, but will be running as normal and will take installations as it does at the moment, 24 hours a day.

However you should note that the customers chosen FITs Licensee must have received the application for FITs along with the MCS certificate before 12[SUP]th[/SUP] December. We would remind you once again that the 11[SUP]th[/SUP] December is a Sunday.
We will be amending our draft response to the consulatation accordingly. Please accept my apologies for the confusion the incorect statement in our draft may have caused.
Kind regards
Stuart Pocock

 

[francie]

Slight mistake on the email you gave for Eon. There should be an 's' on requests. Correct address is

[email protected]

Note there is a capital letter on Fit, all the rest is lower case. I don't know if that last bit makes a difference but it was what I was told.