Updates: Ofgem's Debt Relief Scheme and an Important Message for Solar Panel Owners

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Time's Running Out: Check if you're eligible for up to £16,000 compensation from the High Court Diesel-gate claims happening this October

A few updates for you today. The new Fuse Energy tariff is hugely cheap and I'm recommending it for almost everyone. That being said, if you have solar panels on your property then I do not recommend switching to Fuse Energy, they do not have an Feed-In Tariffs nor do they pay Smart Energy Guarantee (SEG) payments yet. The rules are that a supplier doesn't have to sign up to paying these until they have 150,000 customers in the previous December. With Fuse's current push for customers, it's likely they'll have to start these payments next year, but at the moment they don't. Around 5-6% of you have solar panels, so please make sure you look at how much money you'd be losing by not receiving payments for feeding energy into the grid before you decide to switch. If you already switched in the last couple of days, you have a 2-week cancellation period, so you can just call Fuse up and cancel the switch to go back to your previous supplier.

Right, next update is that I'm still working on the Debt Relief Scheme response. I should have it finished by around midnight tonight, but I won't be sending it out tonight as it'll be pretty late. I'll drop a note on the response either around this time tomorrow or on Sunday afternoon, but you will be able to seee it on my website from tomorrow morning. 

Also, I've included a link for the diesel-gate claims, as the first court case is due to beginning at the start of October, I expect there will be a cut-off date soon for when new claimants can join the legal claim. If you've owned any diesel car between 2008 and 2020, enter you registration plate into the third link above to see if you're eligible to sign up. 

Thanks all, 

Richard Winstone
The Regulator Guy.