1. Local Energy Scotland
Pre-Registering for the Feed in Tariff

2. Introduction The Overall Picture Three stages in more detail Questions
Local Energy Scotland
Pre-Registering for the Feed in Tariff
Introduction
The Overall Picture
Three stages in more detail
Questions
Dan McCallum & Rosie Gillam - Awel Aman Tawe
Note on Questions
Accepted anytime through the text facility and there will be further opportunity between sections and at the end.

3. Local Energy Scotland Pre-Registering for the Feed in Tariff
Introduction
Local Energy Scotland
What is pre-registration
Why pre-register

4. Local Energy Scotland & CARES
Webinar admin.
My name is Andrew Morton - from Local Energy Scotland
Joined by Rosie Gillam of Awel Aman Tawe who will support questions & gathered much of the content here
(& thanks to Dan McCallum & Rosie for initiating)
Please type in questions at any time & we will try and pick up as we go, but we will also pause for questions
Raise your hand facility

5. Local Energy Scotland & CARES
Accelerate the uptake of locally owned renewable energy
Support community involvement in local energy
Support shared ownership projects
Maximise the impact from community benefit

6. CARES Support Local Development Officers Specialist support Our Team
Partners
Our Team
CARES Toolkit & Guides
Mentor & Consultant Frameworks
Case studies & project reports
Good Practice Principles
Resources
CARES Grants
CARES Loans
Signposting
Not for this presentation but for the slide…
Resources include
Information on technologies
Project planning
Managing contractors
Financial matters
Shared ownership
Community benefits
Case studies and project models
Good practice principles
Framework contractors
Mentors
Funding

7. CARES Support This webinar will be recorded & made available
opportunity-for-communities-to-extend-feed-in-tariff-eligibility/
Further information on pre-registration is also available on this page
CARES support for Community Buildings
The CARES enablement grant is available to fund:
Planning, legal, financial & technical advice
Design & procurement of system
Any of the other items listed as compatible with claiming FIT
Link to Local Energy Scotland web pages

8. What is pre-registration?
Ofgem administer pre-registration
Secures the higher feed in tariff irrespective of the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating
Applicable to eligible installations up to 50kW on non-domestic buildings, installed by communities
Generally applied to building integrated solar photovoltaic (PV) generation
Applications from schools are considered differently to those from communities

9. Is pre-registration available?
Quote from Ofgem guidance
2.48 For community applications for pre-registration received on or
before 31 March 2019, where the MCS certificate is issued on or
after 1 April 2019, the Eligibility Date is the date the application is
received by the FIT licensee.
Link to the communities and schools guidance
Ofgem’s FAQs

10. Why pre-register?
Not a binding commitment at this stage, but keeps the potential to secure FiTs open
Securing the FiT supports projects by combining additional income with long term certainty
The pre-registration process is relatively simple
Pre-registering triggers an additional 12 months to install, commission & accredit an installation
Pre-registration applications are now time limited & must be submitted by 31st March 2019

11. Why pre-register? Quote form fit closure guidance
2.6 For community energy and school installations applying for
pre-registration, Ofgem must receive their application on or before
31 March … Community installations will then have 12 months
from their pre-registration application date in which to commission
and then apply.
Link to fit closure guidance
Link to tariff rates

12. Local Energy Scotland Pre-Registering for the Feed in Tariff
2. The Overall Picture
Stage Pre-registration
Stage Agreements
Stage Installation

13. The Overall Picture Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Pre-Registration
Agreements
Installation
Commitment - Now
Before March 31st 2019
Intermittent during
Spring / Summer 2019
Intermittent during
Summer / Autumn 2019
Find buildings
Informal Agreements
Secure EPC
Generation scale estimate
Pre-register
Assess viability
Formal Agreements
Secure Funds
Obtain required consents
Installer quotes
Select Installer
Programme Installation
Commission
Accredit with FiT Licensee
Ongoing Tasks

14. Local Energy Scotland Pre-Registering for the Feed in Tariff
3. Stage 1
Community & building eligibility
EPC & estimate of scale of installation
Pre-registration application

15. Stage 1 Community Eligibility Community Interest Company (CIC)
Cooperative Society
Community Benefit Society
Registered Charity
Subsidiary company wholly owned by a Charity
With no more than 50 employees (full time equivalent)
The application requires evidence to confirm eligibility

16. Stage 1 Building Eligibility
Any non-domestic building (or part) that is able to obtain an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)
(Some unheated buildings cannot obtain an EPC. An EPC exemption may substitute in some cases, however this has not been verified here.)
Your own criteria (not an Ofgem requirement)
Building owner / occupier’s interest in the opportunity & their permission to use the EPC
Electricity bill payer’s interest in buying the electricity & their permission to use the MPAN (meter number)
A building which is unable to be heated etc can have an EPC exemption issued. A reliable and very experienced EPC assessor has told me that Ofgem accept these for FIT applications. I haven’t had to use one and so I’ve never found it out.
Also the EPC doesn’t have to cover the whole building/buildings served by the MPAN. Ie if you had an MPAN serving a leisure centre, lecture hall and canteen and offices you would only need an EPC for one office, all the others are covered.

17. Stage 1 Energy Performance Certificates
Many buildings will already have an EPC
All buildings are obliged, on sale or rent, since 2008
Public buildings have been obliged since 2013
The EPC must be valid (less than 10 years old & the same EPC at both pre-registration & accreditation)
Find an EPC or Assessor in England & Wales
Find an EPC or Assessor in Scotland
Worth noting it must still be valid when the MCS cert goes in – ie not expired or superseded due to a new one (ie if building works going on be careful of someone making new EPC). Not sure how strict Ofgem will be.

18. Stage 1 Energy Performance Certificates
Uses a Standard Assessment Procedure to grade building energy efficiency, from A to G
Pre-registered buildings can have any rating & still receive the highest applicable FiT tariff

19. Stage 1
Estimating the scale of installation Often defined by the unshaded southerly roof surface Online satellite images may be sufficient (rule of thumb) 7m2 /kW, ideally between 70m2 (10kW) & 350m2 (50kW) Be space generous & avoid close proximity to edges

20. Stage 1 Building Suitability
If a choice is available, or local buildings are being researched, target the best buildings
Those with modern large unshaded south facing roofs
Those with (relatively) easy access to those roofs
Those with high daytime electrical load
Those that consume electricity 7 days a week
Those that have high summer demand
Those that already have an EPC (search by postcode)
Target good generation & high on-site demand

21. Stage 1 Pre-Registration Application Do not use Template 1
Some links still go to

22. Stage 1 Pre-Registration Application Available on the Ofgem website
The excel sheet
is the correct
application form
Note that the EPC
rating is required,
but you may still
need to request
the higher tariff
Worth noting you need to request this in your to Ofgem? They will ask for it but avoids last minute panics if you do know.
Can pre-register up to 10 buildings on each application form

23. Stage 2 Assess project in more detail Formal agreements Secure funds
Local Energy Scotland
Pre-Registering for the Feed in Tariff
Stage 2
Assess project in more detail
Formal agreements
Secure funds

24. Stage 2
Tasks to cover, once pre-registered Grid connection enquiries Planning consent or confirm permitted development Work (with building) on financial assessment Work (with building) on formal agreements Secure funds (two very simple & short words, but…) Obtain quotes for installation Re-visit financial assessment, with confirmed data

25. Stage 2 Viability Financial viability will depend on many factors.
Disclaimer - this is intended to help Local Energy Scotlandesimate the carbon and financial savings from PV systems. This is an internal resource and should not be used to make investment decisions and we take no responsibilities for its accuracy. MCS accredited PV installers should complete a site visit and make estimates prior to any decision to progress an installation.
Variable
value
Units
Year
Annual
Cumulative
Balance
-22500
Rated output 25
kWp 1
£2,621.84
-£19,878
On site tariff
11.60
p/kWh 2
£2,665.89
£5,287.74
-£17,212
FiT gen.
4.03 3
£2,710.50
£7,998.24
-£14,502
FiT export
5.24 4
£2,755.68
£10,753.92
-£11,746
use on site
70.00% % 5
£2,801.42
£13,555.33
-£8,945
Inflation
2.50%
per year 6
£2,847.72
£16,403.06
-£6,097
KK value
788.94
kWh/kWp 7
£2,894.59
£19,297.65
-£3,202
Maintenance
10%
% of income 8
£2,942.02
£22,239.67
-£260
Degradation
0.8% 9
£2,990.02
£25,229.69
£2,730
Output per panel
270 Wp 10
£3,038.57
£28,268.26
£5,768
Installation cost
£900
£/kWp 11
£3,087.69
£31,355.95
£8,856
£22,500
£ total 12
£3,137.36
£34,493.31
£11,993
Simple payback
8.1
years 13
£3,187.59
£37,680.89
£15,181
First year gen.
19,724
kWh 14
£3,238.36
£40,919.25
£18,419
Capacity factor
9.00% 15
£3,289.68
£44,208.94
£21,709
Deemed export Y
Y/N 16
£3,341.55
£47,550.49
£25,050
Requiring 93
panels 17
£3,393.95
£50,944.43
£28,444
Area
148.8 m2 18
£3,446.88
£54,391.32
£31,891
e.g.
10.4 m by
14.3 m 19
£3,500.34
£57,891.66
£35,392
IRR
11.45% 20
£3,554.32
£61,445.98
£38,946
offset tariff
14.50
before payback
simple payback
including inflation
This PV partnership project will save
(using 0.203kg/kWh)
(over 20 years)
73,671
kg CO2
56054 kg saved on site & kg to grid
For the building occupier (20 years)
For the PV owner (20 years)
demand offset
276129
kWh (20 years)
generation
362912
financial saving
£12,801.58
includes inflation
financial benefit
£38,945.98
over 20 years
Viability
Financial viability will depend on many factors.
These must be assessed at this stage, prior to entering into formal agreements
The assessment on the right is to highlight that this is not a “get rich quick” opportunity

26. Stage 2 Shared learning & experience
Supporting template & exemplar agreements
Use of site (right to house & access the generation)
Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) (agreement to buy the energy generated at an agreed price)
Tendering (including bulk procurement to reduce installation costs)
Billing processes & tariff reviews
Monitoring, maintenance, insurance, etc.

27. Local Energy Scotland Pre-Registering for the Feed in Tariff Stage 3
Select Contractor & Install
Accredit with FiT Licensee
Ongoing management

28. Stage 3
Installation & FiT accreditation Installers must be MCS accredited MCS certificate is required to accredit for FiTs Fit accreditation is applied for through a FiT Licensee, who will be an Energy Supplier, but this does not have to be the same Supplier as the demand Plan for variable income Income is subject to FiT & billing period time delays Income will vary in value due to changes in on-site demand, season & weather

29. Stage 3
Operation & Maintenance PV is relatively maintenance free, but should be inspected (occasionally) & kept clean (regularly) An annual safety test is required for public buildings Actively monitoring output is beneficial Periodically reviewing tariffs will be required Advise a performance assessment every 3 years Asset, public liability & loss of earning insurance
Operation & Maintenance
If in public buildings should really be safety tested every year and advise performance assessment every 3 years.
Asset and public liability insurance inc loss of earnings advised

30. Further info… www.localenergy.scot 0808 808 2288 info@localenergy.scot
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