The Renewable Heat Incentive (BUS) has been set up by the government to help the citizens of the UK reduce their carbon emissions. It is available for households both off and on the gas grid. Those without mains gas (i.e. LPG Bottled Gas or Oil) have the most potential to save on fuel bills and decrease carbon emissions by installing renewable energy technologies.

Air source heat pumps and ground source heat pumps
The Government has announced changes to the domestic BUS, designed to encourage the wider installation of heat pumps and other boiler upgrading systems across the housing spectrum.
Following a public consultation during 2016, the changes take effect in Spring 2017. Those who apply after 14 December 2016 will be eligible for the current tariff rate and then for the increased tariff rate from the day, it comes into force. This tariff increase will happen automatically.

• 33.4% increase in tariff for air source heat pumps
• New requirement for electrical on metering of heat pumps
• Cap on payments
• Restructured monitoring and metering service packages

Air source heat pump and Ground source heat pump tariffs change each year, please get in touch with us to find out more.

All new Domestic BUS applicants will be required to have electricity metering to monitor their heating system, giving the householder a better understanding of the system’s energy consumption. Payments will continue to be on the basis of the deemed heating requirements of the property, except for second homes and where a boiler upgrading system is installed alongside another heating system. In these situations, payments will continue to be on the basis of heat metering.

To ensure that subsidy payments represent value for money, there will be limits to the annual level of heat use qualifying for support under the new tariffs. This has been set to a combined heating and hot water from the property EPC of 20,000 kwh.

and set at:
20,000kWh per annum for ASHPs
30,000kWh for GSHPs
Payments will continue to be made only on the renewable proportion of the heat demand, in line with current rules.

Subject to parliamentary approval, new regulations will be coming into effect in spring 2018. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is introducing an option to help householders and/or landlords overcome assignment of rights (AoR) issues. If you’ve already installed a boiler upgradeing system, you have up to 12 months to apply to the scheme from its commissioning date. That’s the date your installer tests and signs off the system (details on your microgeneration certification scheme certificate).

Read our essential guide before applying and don’t forget to check our product eligibility list to see if your product meets the scheme rules.

Once you’re approved to join the domestic BUS, you have to comply with the rules for the seven years that you’re receiving payments. You’ll have to complete annual declarations open key term pop-up every year to confirm that you’re following the scheme rules and your ongoing obligations. Contact us for more details.

You can now get paid for exporting the generated electricity from your solar panels back to the national grid. To claim the SEG subsidy your system requires an Flexi-Orb certificate, please ask us for costs and details of this & see how our solar panels can work for you.