Generating your own electricity at home
‘Renewable microgeneration’ is the generation of your own electricity at your own home, by means of green technologies such as solar panels or wind power. You can have the satisfaction of knowing you’re running on the greenest electricity around – and Ebico offers a special package to customers to increase the benefits of microgeneration.
While initial installation can require a sizeable investment, there are grants available to help cover the costs. And once up and running, your home generation naturally reduces the amount of electricity you have to import from the National Grid, thus saving you money from then on.
To support your investment in microgeneration, and help make it more cost-effective, Ebico offer special features in the EquiPower tariff in co-operation with our energy supply partner Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE).
Solar photovoltaic (PV) microgeneration
If you are an EquiPower customer anywhere in Great Britain, and you install, or have already installed, solar PV panels* and register the installation with us, we’ll supply and fit an export meter free. The export meter measures the amount of electricity you generate but don’t use yourself – that is, how much you export onto the electricity grid. If you have an Ofgem-approved gross generation meter installed and appoint our partner, SSE, as your agent for ROCs then you’ll be paid 28p/kWh for this exported electricity – which will include payment for the ROCs.
* Terms available for installations up to 5kW. For installations with a capacity greater than 5kW, call us on 0845 4560170 for terms.
Wind turbine, hydroelectric and combined heat & power (chp) microgeneration
When you install a wind turbine, micro hydro or micro-CHP unit as an EquiPower customer, if you qualify for the renewables obligation certificate (ROC) and appoint our partner, SSE, as your agent, we’ll pay you 14.2p/kWh for any electricity you generate but don’t use yourself (‘export’). The payment for this exported power will be shown as a credit on your normal electricity bill. In addition you will be paid 9.2p/kWh for the electricity you generate and use in your own home.
To find out more, call us on 0845 4560170.
Whilst home renewable generation units can be expensive to install, grants are available to cover much of the cost. For more information about the options, see www.lowcarbonbuildings.org.uk
