After loosing thousands on HIPS training

[Support Monkey]

There isn't one, unless you want to sell your house and the new people don't want to have the panels on there.

What is worth checking is whether there is any restriction which would prevent you from switching suppliers after getting them installed for free, and whether that restriction would be legal. If not, then you could potentially get them on a freebie, then swap supplier and keep the feed in tariff yourself.....

i have asked for a consultation so that will be 4 hours of my life wasted with a salesman but the supplier question is one i had not thought off, i cannot see how it would effect your supplier i would assume they are selling back to the grid not the individual supplier but need to clarify, i would expect this to become a good selling point if your bills are cheaper and cannot see why anyone would want them removing but then there is no accounting for peoples strange ideas, the speel says the contract for renting the roof space just passes to the new owner

[TheFaQQer]

i have asked for a consultation so that will be 4 hours of my life wasted with a salesman but the supplier question is one i had not thought off, i cannot see how it would effect your supplier i would assume they are selling back to the grid not the individual supplier but need to clarify, i would expect this to become a good selling point if your bills are cheaper and cannot see why anyone would want them removing but then there is no accounting for peoples strange ideas, the speel says the contract for renting the roof space just passes to the new owner

If the supplier is providing the panels, then they keep the FiT that you generate. Your account sells the electricity to the National Grid, and you essentially hand the FiT over to the provider of the panels.

The question is, what is to stop you switching your account, so that you now don't have any relationship with (e.g.) e.On? If you don't have that relationship, then how do they know what you have generated and how much they are owed? A friend of mine used to work for Centrica and one of the things baffling their legal team was how to offer such a scheme without running the risk of the homeowner switching accounts and keeping the FiT for the panels on their roof.

As for a new owner, some people think that they are ugly and don't want the house defaced by them. If you aren't keeping the FiT then the benefits aren't that great to the home owner, to be honest.

[Support Monkey]

If the supplier is providing the panels, then they keep the FiT that you generate. Your account sells the electricity to the National Grid, and you essentially hand the FiT over to the provider of the panels.

The question is, what is to stop you switching your account, so that you now don't have any relationship with (e.g.) e.On? If you don't have that relationship, then how do they know what you have generated and how much they are owed? A friend of mine used to work for Centrica and one of the things baffling their legal team was how to offer such a scheme without running the risk of the homeowner switching accounts and keeping the FiT for the panels on their roof.

As for a new owner, some people think that they are ugly and don't want the house defaced by them. If you aren't keeping the FiT then the benefits aren't that great to the home owner, to be honest.

This is third party company offering this not linked to a supplier but i see your point, this is definately the show stopper question to ask.

I cannot see anyone buying my house being concerned about the panels looking ugly unless they clash with their shell Suit

[TheFaQQer]

This is third party company offering this not linked to a supplier but i see your point, this is definately the show stopper question to ask.

Potentially, it's something that might make it more of a goer - if you can get the company to install them for free and then change supplier so you get the bulk of the money, then go for it!