Members who have solar on their roofs and are in Clubs that have 100Green as their supplier will be able to sell spare generation to their Energy Local Club if they want to.
How will it work?
When your smart meter is installed, you will have the option to set it up so that any of the electricity that your panels generate, but you don’t use yourself (your export), can be used by other members of the Club. Any electricity that is not used by either you or other Club members will be sold to 100Green for use by their other customers.
What will I receive?
If other members of the Club use your solar export when it is generated, you will receive the Club’s agreed Club Match Tariff.
For any exported solar power that is not used by the Club when it is generating, you will receive 100Green's domestic export tariff. Find out more about the export tariff, including the current rate.
How do I sign up?
Email info@energylocal.org.uk and theclub@100green.com explaining that you are an Energy Local member and would like to sell your excess power into the Club.
Will I get more money?
It depends on your current arrangement.
If you do not currently measure how much power you export each half-hour, you may have what is referred to as 'deemed export'. This means you receive an export payment for 50% of everything you generate (you are asked for a generation meter reading each quarter). You may use more or less than 50% in your home. If you are out in the middle of the day, you may currently be paid for less than you actually export. If you are in during the day, you may currently be paid for more than you export.
With a half-hourly meter measuring your export, you only get paid for what you export. However, the Club Match Tariff may be higher than the tariff you receive at the moment for export.
You are likely to earn more unless you have a very small array and are at home during the middle of the day. However, we cannot guarantee this.
How much you earn compared to deemed export will depend on:
- How much you actually export.
- Whether other Club members are using their electricity at the time when you are producing electricity.
- The price difference between the 100Green export tariff price and the FIT export tariff.
- The Club's Match Tariff.
What about my FIT generation payments?
FIT payments to domestic generators are made up of two elements: the generation tariff paid on the total generated, and the FIT export tariff. Switching from a deemed export scheme to a 100Green export tariff for your export does not affect payment of the generation tariff on the total generated.
Alternative options
You don’t need to put your solar into the Energy Local Club. Below are other options.
Stay on deemed export
If you are already on deemed export and you choose to remain so, then this will mean you will always get the FIT export tariff rate (3.82 p/kWh (if your installation was installed before 31/07/2012 or 5.38 p/kWh if installed after) for 50% of what you generate, regardless of how much you use yourself and what the rest of the Club is doing. You won’t have the opportunity to benefit from higher prices paid under the Club Match Tariff, but you will be able to calculate your FIT income directly from the amount generated.
Move to 100Green for all of your export
You can switch your export from your current supplier to 100Green and sell all of your export to them, without selling any into the Club through the Match Tariff.
Have a non-Energy Local export agreement
If you already measure your export, you can continue on your current arrangement or you could seek another export agreement in the wider market. If you do this, you won’t benefit from the Club Match Tariff for your solar. Please note, you can keep your export tariff with your current supplier, but unless it is a FiT they are likely to reduce the tariff when you switch your import supply to 100Green. FiT payments will remain the same regardless of who it is contracted to.
If you would like to discuss further, please contact your Club's Advisor through the email address on your Club page.
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