GSE: Photovoltaic Payments

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01/15/2013 - 14:05

Just thought I'd throw this out there on the off chance that someone has figured out how the payment part of the GSE portal works. Until recently, everything matched up - we were paid every 2 months and the numbers made sense, although every now and then there were extra rows with differing kWhs quoted as being produced. Regardless, it was still possible to figure out which rows to ignore and which to count. The latest payment however is higher than the sum of the production quoted. If I take one set of figures it's slightly high, if I take the other set of figures (which I usually ignore) it's very high. Does any of that make sense? I guess if you have PV then perhaps you've looked in here but everyone I've asked so far just shrugs their shoulders and says "it's a mystery!" Before anyone asks, I'm pretty certain it's not an 'exchange' payment.Any clues?

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AndyT, I've seen the GSE computerised nonsense a few times.  If you find there are some high payments with matching negatives to reverse them off again it's because someone elses payments have been put on and off again. In my 2 cases the final result was fair and honest but I graphed the payments for a friend once and there was definitely an unusual kink in the graph.  I would always graph your income to spot any strange activity. Also the bank once credited one of my payments to another account which happened to be sthe same friend so we sorted it out.

It's incredible isn't it?  In my case I've almost always been paid the amount specified on the rows where they've added and then subtracted the amounts.  The standalone row has only ever appeared on the occasional month - but there's no pattern to it.  Some months it's a higher amount, others a lower one.  Very strange.  I followed your previous advice and graphed it and it all looks sensible but this is the first period (Sep/Oct) where the actual figures don't add up to the payment received. I find it hard to believe that a company/organization this big is capable of such a poor website; that their figures appear to be so random & that they take around 60 days to actually make a payment.  It's been an interesting 1st year as far as PV (FV) goes and regardless of the complications, it was absolutely the right decision to install the panels when we did - something else I have to thank you for :)