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Feed in Tariff (FIT) or Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) payments - who to contact if I have a query?

  • May 5, 2017
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We are new to solar panels and have received only 2 payments so far, very disappointing does anyone else have a problem with how much they are generating and who should I contact!
Best answer by Tim_OVO

Updated on 15/08/25 by Abby_OVO

 

Great question to ask about your new solar panels, we’d love to help make sure you’re getting paid for that lovely solar energy. 🌞

 

The answer to this one will depend on when your solar panels were installed and registered with an export supporting energy supplier.

 

Before April 2019 and registered for the Feed-in Tariff?  You’ll be paid for both the energy you generate and the energy you export, so you’ll have a separate generation meter. The export reading can either be clocked by an export meter/smart meter or ‘deemed’ whereby we calculate it based on your generation reading. 

 

After April 2019 the Feed-in Tariff was replaced by the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG). This payment only covers energy you actually export which is clocked by your smart meter.

 

If you’ve got your FIT or SEG registered with us, we request the relevant readings at the end of each quarter (March, June, September, December) and you’ll receive your statement and payment for that quarter within 8 weeks. You’re able to submit any FiT or SEG generation / export reading directly with OVO’s support team, who can add it to an internal form and send it to the right team. 

 

How to get in touch with the FiT/SEG team

 

If you need to speak to our team about your Feed-in Tariff you can call 0330 102 7421 Monday - Friday from 9am to 5pm or email via fits@ovoenergy.com.

 

If you need to speak to us about your Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) you can call 0330 102 7421 Monday - Friday from 9am to 5pm or email via seg@ovoenergy.com.

135 replies

Newcomer
June 14, 2024

Here is a screen shot of when i get when i log into my online account

 

Abby_OVO
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June 17, 2024

Hi @RogerB8 

 

I’m sorry to hear you had such a hard time trying to get that resolved with the FIT team but I’m really glad you’ve let us know they’ve been able to get that sorted for you now and you’re happy with the solution.

 

If you’ve every got any other questions in future, always feel free to pop back to the Forum.🙂

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Emmanuelle_OVO
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June 17, 2024

Hey @Ggyenyen,

 

@Shads_OVO has been looking into this for you & contacted you via private message. 

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Firedog
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Super User
June 17, 2024

Here is a screen shot of when i get when i log into my online account

 

I see the same if I visit that URL. What do you see if you try to access account.ovoenergy.com or my.ovoenergy.com? And if you use the My account link on the navigation bar at the top of this page?

I’m not suggesting that any of these will get you to your account pages, but it would be helpful to rule out simply using the wrong URL.

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Newcomer
June 20, 2024

I work for an organisation with multiple FIT meters registered with OVO. We’ve had a number of issues going back to 2021 when they were still registered with SSE in which we haven’t been receiving generation payments.

I’ve managed to resolve some of these through OVO’s FIT department and have received a number of backdated generation payments, including those from before OVO finalised the takeover of SSE.

One of these issues is regarding a meter that was changed in March 22. SSE paid us up until the meter reading submission date in May 21, and then started paying us again from the meter change date, meaning the generation payments from May 21 to March 22 were never paid. All payments from March 22 onwards are up to date.

I’ve raised this issue with the OVO FIT department who told me that because this related to a period from before the OVO takeover, I need to raise the issue with SSE. I then raised the issue with SSE who, unsurprisingly, told me that this is OVO’s issue to resolve.

Surely, if OVO had bought SSE they would have also taken on their debts which would include outstanding generation payments? We’ve received backdated payments for other meters going back to the same period, so why would this be any different?

Blastoise186
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June 20, 2024

Hi @MarkM94 ,

This is a complicated one that may be tough for a Forum Volunteer to handle.

Please wait - this is going straight to the Forum backstage for review. You’re not in trouble so please don’t worry - this just allows me to get more advice on what to recommend.

We’ll keep you posted!

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Emmanuelle_OVO
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June 21, 2024

Hey @MarkM94,

 

I’m sorry to hear this,

 

It’s a complex one, I’ll do some investigating & report back as per the process in this scenario. 

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Newcomer
June 26, 2024

Hey @Emmanuelle_OVO,

 

Do you have any update on this?

 

Many thanks.

Newcomer
July 2, 2024

@Emmanuelle_OVO  I’m still yet to hear back. Have you managed to look into this?

Shads_OVO
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July 3, 2024

Hi @MarkM94,

 

I’m sorry it’s taken so long for us to respond. We’ve been looking into this for you but we’d need your details so it can be looked into further.

 

I’m going to have our Forum_Support team reach out to you so they can help you further with this. Look out for a private message here soon: https://forum.ovoenergy.com/inbox/overview.