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All generators who wish to receive payment for the electricity which they export back to the National Grid will need to apply to a SEG licensee (an electricity supplier which offers a SEG tariff). SEG licensees must offer a SEG tariff to all eligible generators.
For example, your battery could store electricity from the grid before exporting it later. Energy suppliers don’t have to pay you for non-renewable electricity exported to the grid, but some may choose to do so. Some suppliers may only pay the SEG for the electricity your low-carbon system generates itself.
New solar homes and businesses creating and exporting electricity to the grid will be guaranteed a payment from suppliers under new laws to be introduced by the government this week (Monday 10 June).
But don’t worry most domestic solar panel systems are between 4kW to 6kW. As the SEG is an export tariff you will only get paid for what solar energy you sell to the Grid. This means excess energy stored in your solar batteries does not qualify, unless you export the stored energy.
If the distributed generation being installed is under 30 kilowatts your supplier will arrange your export MPAN. If distributed generation between 30 kilowatts and 50 kilowatts the network planner will be able to provide your export MPAN. If distributed generation above 50 kilowatts your Account Manager will provide this.
For installations of above 3.68kW (kilowatts) per phase, but 50kW or less (If you have a three-phase supply, each phase must be 17kW or less.) For these larger projects, we will need to agree with you how best to connect your generator to our network.