The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined Solar Tech North East, a solar PV company based in Middlesborough, £90,000 for making 74,902 nuisance calls between May and June 2017 to consumers registered with the Telephone Preference Scheme (TPS)...
Posted: 28 November, 2018
This month's RECC newsletter can now be downloaded and read below...
Posted: 21 November, 2018
RECC has today launched its consumer guide on demand-side response for domestic consumers. The guide explains what demand-side response means and how it works, and lists the sorts of kit in the home that might be part of it...
Posted: 23 October, 2018
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) urges businesses to become a member of the Consumer Codes Approval Scheme (CCAS), which is key to strengthening consumer confidence and protection by adopting more effective methods such as Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)...
Posted: 21 September, 2018
RECC has warned of the dangers of widespread mis-selling in the run-up to the proposed date for closing the Feed-In Tariff Scheme to new generators (31 March 2019)...
Posted: 16 September, 2018
A jury at Liverpool Crown Court on 29 August 2018 found six men guilty of running a solar PV scam which defrauded 1,500 consumers, including older and vulnerable consumers, to the tune of £17 million. They will be sentenced on 1 October 2018...
Posted: 7 September, 2018
RECC yesterday responded to Government's Call for Evidence on future support for small-scale renewable energy...
Posted: 31 August, 2018
Virginia Graham, RECC Chief Executive, is one of 200 to add her name to an Open Letter calling on Clare Perry MP, Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth, to extend the deemed export tariff element of the Feed-In Tariff...
Posted: 31 August, 2018
Solar & Storage Live, happening 16 - 18 October, brings together stakeholders in solar generation and maintenance, storage deployment, and emerging ancillary technologies...
Posted: 30 August, 2018
This month's RECC newsletter can now be downloaded and read below. In this month's edition, we are continuing the call to all members to send RECC photos of installs they have completed to be shown on the RECC website...
Posted: 3 August, 2018
On 19 July Government released proposals for ending the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) Scheme and called for evidence on the future of small-scale renewable energy generation. Stakeholders are invited to respond to the propsals and the call for evidence by 13 September...
Posted: 31 July, 2018
MCS has announced that the per installation fee will rise from £15 to £30 on 3 September. From that date all new credits purchased will be charged at £30 each. The Installer Registration Fee is £55 per annum...
Posted: 31 July, 2018
RECC has today issued its 2017 annual report. The report desribes the huge body of work that RECC carried out during the year and picks out the highlights. Among many notable achievements listed, during the year, RECC: - had 2...
Posted: 31 July, 2018
Renewable Energy Association is organising an event on 28 June to examine the UK's role in meeting its share of the latest EU Climate Targets...
Posted: 20 June, 2018
The Energy Saving Trust (EST) in Scotland is now offering homeowners interest free loans of up to £6k for energy storage technologies!! Funded by Scottish Government, this is in addition to loans provided for Solar PV systems, from £2,500, up to £5,000...
Posted: 12 June, 2018
The Renewable Energy Consumer Code (RECC) is excited to announce that it will be speaking at the REA's event, The EV Experience...
Posted: 14 May, 2018
RECC is aware that around 2,000 people complained to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) about mis-selling of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels in 2017 alone; and the total number of people affected could be as high as 20,000...
Posted: 10 May, 2018
The Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) has announced that it is now independent of Government as of 25 April 2018. This is in line with government’s strategy of enabling the renewables market to be more sustainable in the long-term...
Posted: 30 April, 2018
This month's RECC newsletter can now be downloaded and read below. In this month's edition, we are calling to all members to send to RECC their photos of installs they have completed, to be shown on the RECC website...
Posted: 27 April, 2018
The British Renewable Energy Awards 2018 is now open for entry...
Posted: 6 March, 2018
Regulations to implement reforms to both the Domestic and Non-domestic RHI schemes have now been laid before Parliament. There will now be a period of six to ten weeks for parliamentary debate, and subsequent parliamentary approval is required before the regulations can come into force...
Posted: 12 February, 2018
This year Ecobuild is on 6-8 March 2018, at the ExCel Centre, London...
Posted: 30 January, 2018
Welcome to RECC's Winter 2018 Newsletter, happy reading!! ...
Posted: 24 January, 2018
Energy Storage and Connected Systems Conference 6 - 7 Feb 2018, Olympia, London This 2 day conference, in association with the REA, brings together 40 leading industry speakers who will talk about the future of energy in the UK...
Posted: 22 January, 2018
Energy Storage Summit 27 - 28 Feb 2018, Victoria Park Plaza, London RECC invites you attend Solar Media's Energy Storage Summit this February. The Energy Storage Summit is the largest UK event focused on downstream energy storage...
Posted: 22 January, 2018
RECC requires Code members to protect deposits and further advance (or ‘stage’) payments, and the workmanship warranties issued to consumers, in case they cease to trade...
Posted: 19 January, 2018