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@chandykris I fixed on cosy last September at about 14.5 and it came down to 10.7 a few weeks ago. It’s only a £25 penalty to exit but it finishes in ...
@toodles The whole scheme is a shocking waste of money. At least the standard scheme delivers some energy performance improvements to those on low inc...
@giganto That sounds like a very worthwhile exercise, justifying their existence. From my experience with installers and complaints, I’ve seen them ...
@editor We had our MCS quality audit this morning. 10 mins in total to cover heat pump and solar. He only superficially checked the “as built” status....
@batpred The proof of the pudding will be pricing in 12 months time. It will be fab if it has worked and I’d eat my hat if I owned one.I was hoping...
@jamespa I hadn’t read any opinions on this matter. But, it’s common sense that by increasing taxation, those charges are going to come back to the...
It’s difficult to understand what Milliband is saying at the best of times. But I heard him trying to suggest that by increasing taxation on renewable...
@ashp-bobba Thats interesting thanks. So they were more concerned about building regs/safety issues rather than MCS regs, I can see some logic behi...
@toodles My heat pump installer has stopped installing heat pumps, so it will be interesting to see what happens. But the physical install was flawles...
@editor I’ll let you know. I asked the question about remediation and they told me that any non compliance was followed up directly with the installer...
@editor Yes, you are probably correct. But, it is good that they have a process, however limited, to keep installers on their toes. Should help to pre...
@editor It was not designated as a “for cause” audit, they described it as part of their routine statistical sampling process. Both systems have been ...
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