ScottishPower owes me £1,000 in solar panel payments
Key takeaways
- It took Scottish Power seven months after confirming it had the required data to register your ownership, and a further month before it instructed a customer to register for its payment portal.
- After many emails back and forth, I got a response saying they had all the information required.
- That was 10 months ago and I’ve yet to receive any payment.
Why this matters: environmental and climate reporting with long-term consequences.
It took Scottish Power seven months after confirming it had the required data to register your ownership, and a further month before it instructed a customer to register for its payment portal. Photograph: Timon Schneider/Alamy View image in fullscreen. It took Scottish Power seven months after confirming it had the required data to register your ownership, and a further month before it instructed a customer to register for its payment portal. Photograph: Timon Schneider/Alamy Consumer champions ScottishPowerScottishPower owes me £1,000 in solar panel paymentsFor months I’ve been trying to receive my FIT payment, which should be more than £1,000
Anna TimsWed 1 Jul 2026 07.00 BSTLast modified on Wed 1 Jul 2026 07.01 BSTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleI moved into my new house 14 months ago, and soon afterwards applied to ScottishPower, with whom the solar panels are registered for a feed-in tariff (Fit), for transfer of ownership of the panels and the tariff.
After many emails back and forth, I got a response saying they had all the information required.