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Final Update. In preparation for the summer I have now paid the £250 Octopus export registration fee, and successfully received an Octopus export account ! When the sun starts shining let the exporting begin ! :LOL: Turned out that Octopus only wanted to see the electrical Part P certificate as...

I've finally found a resolution to my original question, so I post my solution here as it may help someone on the forum. I contacted my local building control to clarify what I needed to do to get building regs, given the garage is exempt based on its size as per my original post. In summary it...

Thanks , I will check and that would cover the electrical side, but I installed the panels on the roof so there is also a building side which I am assuming is exempt because they are on a detached garage ?

Its great news that Octopus are now trialing export tariffs without MCS certificates. I signed up for their trial as soon as it was announced (having installed my system myself, with electrical connection done by a qualified electrician). E-mail came through yesterday to allow me to join the...

@johnb2713 that sounds like a great solution ! Like others I have been doing the schoolboy trick of setting my intelligent octopus charge level to 10% to effectively switch it off and just used night time charging to avoid battery discharge during the day. Can you give us more details of the...

I have now confirmed that temporarily moving my pod-point current clamp from measuring the house load to measuring only its own current stops the pod-point going into an error mode (flashing red light) even when I charge the car up to the full 30Amps. @gpd do you confirm that this also fixes...

I've had a similar experience with pod point but not exactly as you describe. I have a solis inverter which I can programme to charge or disharge the battery at set time periods. Providing I make sure that the battery discharge time does not clash with the pod-point charge time I have no...

VAT removed for all solar panel installs from April 2022 to April 2027 (materials and labour, but has to be installed by a certified installer, can't recover VAT for a DIY install). Batteries alone are not considered green so therefore cannot be installed VAT free alone. But if installed as part...

If this helps, I managed to get my G99 application approved for the 6kW Solis with Western Power in 3days ! See this post on another forum for details.

You can only get VAT off the batteries if you buy them with the solar system installer. Leave them until later and you'll pay an extra 20%

I have an EV and am on octopus go. But I certainly don't remember them asking me if I have an EV or give them any details about it when I joined ! And they definitely didn't ask if I still had it when I renewed for another 12 months a few weeks ago. If it is requirement its buried in the small...