Browse Forums General Discussion Re: solar panels - are they worth it? 2Jan 07, 2012 11:00 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: solar panels - are they worth it? 6Jan 08, 2012 6:39 pm Slab Down: 2/6/11 Moved in 13/3/2012 Current Status : Waiting for the garden to grow. My build thread : viewtopic.php?f=31&t=47031 Re: solar panels - are they worth it? 8Jan 09, 2012 12:57 am 13-08 Moved in 13-05 Build restart 13-04 VMIA compensation 12-08 Builder liquidation 12-03 Fixing 11-12 Lockup 11-11 Frame 11-09 Slab 11-09 Start 11-07 Contract 10-11 2K deposit 10-06 Titled land Re: solar panels - are they worth it? 11Jan 09, 2012 10:13 pm Slab Down: 2/6/11 Moved in 13/3/2012 Current Status : Waiting for the garden to grow. My build thread : viewtopic.php?f=31&t=47031 Re: solar panels - are they worth it? 12Jan 11, 2012 1:22 pm Quote: I'm also in SA, we had a 4kw system installed on 21st December, haven't arranged the import/export meter yet. Anyway, last week I received a letter from ETSA saying we do not qualify for the 44c FIT I believe this to be correct as your meter was not installed before 1-1-12 cut off date for the 44c FIT and I think you have missed the boat. Quote: I have written a letter to them to reconsider their denial of FIT. If they still refuse the FIT, guess I have to go to the ombudsman and my local MP. Good luck and I think you will certainly need it. Overlooking the part about not producing enough power (as your system wasn't installed) I think they have you by the proverbials. It may pay you to Google SA legislation, and/or do a search on the Whirlpool website about SA FIT in the Green Tech forum, before contacting the Ombudsman or MP. Arfur Re: solar panels - are they worth it? 13Jan 11, 2012 5:55 pm Uncle Arfur Quote: I'm also in SA, we had a 4kw system installed on 21st December, haven't arranged the import/export meter yet. Anyway, last week I received a letter from ETSA saying we do not qualify for the 44c FIT I believe this to be correct as your meter was not installed before 1-1-12 cut off date for the 44c FIT and I think you have missed the boat. If you comply with the other requirements for the FIT (ie SEG approval prior to 30/9/11) then you have to have made a booking for the installation of the import/ export meter within 120 days after 1/10/11. Therefore if you have rung up and booked the installation of the import/export meter by 28/1/12 you still qualify for the 44c FIT even if it takes ETSA another 3 months to install it. Customer Group 3 http://www.sa.gov.au/subject/Water,+ene ... #Replacing Slab Down: 2/6/11 Moved in 13/3/2012 Current Status : Waiting for the garden to grow. My build thread : viewtopic.php?f=31&t=47031 Re: solar panels - are they worth it? 14Jan 11, 2012 7:08 pm Uncle Arfur Quote: I'm also in SA, we had a 4kw system installed on 21st December, haven't arranged the import/export meter yet. Anyway, last week I received a letter from ETSA saying we do not qualify for the 44c FIT I believe this to be correct as your meter was not installed before 1-1-12 cut off date for the 44c FIT and I think you have missed the boat. Quote: I have written a letter to them to reconsider their denial of FIT. If they still refuse the FIT, guess I have to go to the ombudsman and my local MP. Good luck and I think you will certainly need it. Overlooking the part about not producing enough power (as your system wasn't installed) I think they have you by the proverbials. It may pay you to Google SA legislation, and/or do a search on the Whirlpool website about SA FIT in the Green Tech forum, before contacting the Ombudsman or MP. SEG approval was given 28/9/11 - ETSA wrote to us 28/12/11 - 3 months after approval was given and 7 days after the panels were installed. I believe the installers have, on our behalf, applied for an import export meter. I believe we have fulfilled all requirements. Re: solar panels - are they worth it? 15Jan 11, 2012 8:59 pm Quote: I'm also in SA, we had a 4kw system installed on 21st December, havent arranged the import/export meter yet. Quote: I believe the installers have, on our behalf, applied for an import export meter. Oh well that's a different story to what you first posted. From the Whirlpool website I got the impression the cut off date for installation of import/export meters at the higher FIT was the 1-1-12. I think I would be checking rather than sitting back and causing strife by mischievous phone calls to MP's etc Arfur Re: solar panels - are they worth it? 16Jan 11, 2012 9:14 pm Uncle Arfur Quote: I'm also in SA, we had a 4kw system installed on 21st December, havent arranged the import/export meter yet. Quote: I believe the installers have, on our behalf, applied for an import export meter. Oh well that's a different story to what you first posted. From the Whirlpool website I got the impression the cut off date for installation of import/export meters at the higher FIT was the 1-1-12. I think I would be checking rather than sitting back and causing strife by mischievous phone calls to MP's etc not really. At the time of posting I hadnt arranged import/export meter. However speaking to the installer since, I was informed that the company that sold me the system would have arranged the paper work for the new meter (still to be verified) hence " I believe the installers have, on our behalf, applied for an import export meter" Quote: From the Whirlpool website I got the impression the cut off date for installation of import/export meters at the higher FIT was the 1-1-12. reading whirlpool is not quite reading gospel, if you read crows post above then I fit into category 3 and hence I have till 31/1/12 to have the application for a new meter and thus comply with my requirements. So, if ETSA decide I cannot get the 44c FIT because of low prior consumption and my perceived intent to profit from the FIT then I will make a huge song and dance about it. ETSA could have notified me about the low usage issue months ago yet it took them 3 months. Their letter was along the lines of " you may wish to reconsider the installation of a costly system based on the information provided" - well the system was already installed. Re: solar panels - are they worth it? 17Jan 12, 2012 10:45 am an update regarding import/export meters. The company that sold us the system has a date booked in for the installation on 8th Feb 2012. They just never told us about it. Now I wait for ETSA's response regarding the FIT Re: solar panels - are they worth it? 18Feb 21, 2012 8:35 pm Finally got a letter from ETSA today informing is that on review we are now provisionally eligible for the 44c FIT. This decision is to be reviewed in 12 months to ensure that we will be consuming power domestically and not attempting to profit from the installation Re: solar panels - are they worth it? 19Feb 21, 2012 9:39 pm I was talking to my solar-electrician recently who said customers are being refused FIT's on a lot of systems installed on shacks, sheds etc, where people dont live the majority of the time. These systems were installed solely as a money making scheme. Amgsl55 it might pay you to swap electricity retailers to AGL who currently pay 52c/Kwh FIT. Arfur Re: solar panels - are they worth it? 20Feb 21, 2012 9:41 pm Uncle Arfur I was talking to my solar-electrician recently who said customers are being refused FIT's on a lot of systems installed on shacks, sheds etc, where people dont live the majority of the time. These systems were installed solely as a money making scheme. Amgsl55 it might pay you to swap electricity retailers to AGL who currently pay 52c/Kwh FIT. thanks for that, I'll check what their rates are before I change over. The FIT is one thing but we'll be running 3 airconditioners and alot of AV equipment and under floor heating so the tariff is just as important as the FIT Hello - we were hoping to apply laminate click lock panels to our concrete ceiling, but not too sure how to go about attaching the panels to the concrete. Any idea what… 0 691 0 2987 In fairness nobody gave a crap about the ACCC and the gag clauses continued in the pro forma templates of a few other builders after the ACCC took on Wisdom, and more… 20 57379 |