Installations registered from 3rd March 2012 will receive the following Feed in Tariff rates until further notice.
| Size of system | p/kWh |
| <4kW (new build) | 21.0 |
| <4kW (retrofit) | 21.0 |
| 4 - 10kW | 16.8 |
| 10 - 50 kW | 15.2 |
| 50 - 150 kW | 12.9 |
| 250kW - 5 MW | 8.5 |
PV installations installed from 1 April 2012 will require an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) Category D in order to obtain the FIT.
Payments are made for every unit generated by the PV system, irrespective of whether they are used on site or not. (‘Generation tariff’).
Payments are also made for 50% of every unit generated by the PV system (Export Tariff). This is typically 3.1p/kW. (Export tariff’).
These payment rates are fixed for 20 years, linked to the Retail Price Index (RPI) and are tax free.
You will make savings on your electricity bills since you will be using some of the electricity you are producing. Therefore you will not need to buy in so much electricity from your supplier. The amount you save will vary depending on the size and performance of your PV system and the amount of electricity you use.
The return on investment for a typical PV system is approximately 7 - 10% which is higher than many bank and building society base rates.
PV systems installed from 1 July 2012 may be subject to an approximate 7% decrease in the above FIT rates.
After we have installed your PV system we complete a central FIT database. You will be sent a MCS Certificate.
You then contact your electricity supplier and complete their FIT application form. They will check the FIT database.
Payments will then be made to you (normally quarterly) following your readings of the Total Generation Meter installed as part of your PV system.
If you have a PV system and you move home the ownership of the system is transferred to the new owners. If you move into a home with a PV installation you assume ownership of that system.