Have you installed solar panels on the roof of your home? During your approach, you certainly had to make the choice between the two possible options to use your production: cars -consum in order to cover all or part of the electricity needs of your home or the entire sale of the electricity produced. In any case, in both cases, you may have used EDF or to sell electricity. But do you know how the end of an EDF OA contract is going? Find out what you need to know about what is going on when an OA EDF purchase contract ends In this article!
My EDF OA contract is over: what are the steps to follow?
Have you signed a purchase contract with EDF OA and you wonder what you have to do once the contract is due?
You must first know Most of the purchase contracts or EDF are signed for a period of 20 years. However, it may happen that contractors choose to shorten this duration of the commitment to the signature of the contract, in various conditions.
However, whatever the duration of the contract, if you decide to continue the functioning of the photovoltaic installation, then the contract is important, you will have to choose between these two alternatives:
- Opt for Total cars -convene of your production ;
OR
In fact, the purchase obligation system cannot be renewed over time. If you want to keep the resale of your production (in addition or in full), you will have to contact a third party buyer.
What is Edf or?
EDF purchase obligationsOtherwise called EDF OA, it is an independent entity of the Edf group. Is responsible for the purchase of renewable energy directly by the producersLike photovoltaic energy.
You should know that Edf or has been created to facilitate the distribution of state aid concerning the production of green electricity. Indeed, The price to which EDF has purchased electricity for manufacturers is set by the state and determined in advance. In addition, EDF must buy a green electricity production at this rhythm: She is not allowed to refuse to contract with a manufacturer.
In return, Edf ora receives compensation for the additional cost for KWH. Therefore, if the entity has purchased photovoltaic electricity at a higher price for the current price observed on the energy market, it will be compensated.
How does EDF OA offer solar purchases?
Commanded since February 2000 to purchase the green energy produced by individuals, Edf or therefore has the obligation to conclude a contract with any manufacturer who wishes to sell its photovoltaic electricity, whether it is all production or production.
This obligation has a goal: to encourage the French to move on to renewable energies and produce more than their needs, in order to generate additional revenues through their solar installations.
Be able to benefit from it, You must first approach Edf or and notify your decision to sell completely or also the electricity produced from photovoltaic installation. Edf or will therefore require a connection from the latter by Enetis. This request is worth the contract! Enedis will therefore take care of sending you all the documents necessary for the request for a purchase obligation contract.
Then Edf or will ask you to send him:
- the receptor of the previous declaration of work
- The non -opposition certificate of your town hall (after a favorable opinion on the buildings of France, if necessary)
If everything is in order, you will then receive your proposal to connect to the network, taking effect on the date of implementation of the photovoltaic system. It should be noted that if you decide to sell in addition after the installation, the contract can start up to a year before the connection request.
Fixed by the State, the purchase price of the electricity produced is evaluated in particular on the basis of the power of the photovoltaic panels.
Can you stop the contract with EDF?
As a rule, a contract with EDF or is a duration of 20 years. If you don’t want to engage in such a long period, two solutions are available. The first is from Reduce the duration of the contractaccording to your price decree. The second is The purchase contract is finished along the road. In fact, Edf oa leaves its customers the opportunity to end the contract before it comes to maturity. In case of move, change of project etc … this structure is useful. However, it is subject to a few conditions. What are they?
In what conditions?
To break a contract before his mandate, Edf OA imposes some conditions for his customers. To discover the details those you need to respect, do not hesitate to refer to the general conditions of sale of the contract.
However, the conditions apply, regardless of the type of contract with EDF OA:
- Your request must be submitted through a letter recorded with recognition of the receipt. To be valid, the request for resolution must be sent by mail followed to the obligation to purchase the agency. Remember to maintain the receipt of the postal deposit: it is he who will serve you as evidence in case of controversy. Also remember to specify the object of your request (termination), the identifier or the reference of the customer, the date of subscription of the contract and the reason for the request for termination (movement, dismantling of a photovoltaic installation that no longer produces …). Note that examples of resolution letter are available in the online customer area;
- Your request must comply with a minimum notice of three months before the expiry date of the contract.
What financial consequences in case of resolution?
If you have reassembled the contract before its deadline, EDF OA can apply early termination allowancein accordance with the general conditions of the contract.
These indemnities, due within 60 days from the date of resolution, are generally calculated by the sums collected and paid according to the purchase obligation. These prices are also indicated in the general conditions of the purchase contract.
Why is the compensation OA EDF mandatory?
Without a valid reason on your part, the contract for the early contract will be due without exception and the invoice could be high. The reason is simple: EDF or has made important efforts to ensure the accessibility of all producers on the market and make the production of solar energy profitable.
In addition, in exchange for these advantageous remunerations, Edf or has been authorized to practice binding compensation levels.
How to interrupt the contract OA EDF without paying compensation
However, there are In case the resolution can be free :
- There has been a violation of EDF or to one of its contractual obligations
- You are in a major force, preventing you from carrying out your obligations for a period of over six months,
- Sell or send the house on which the equipment is installed,
- You have reassembled the purchase contract from EDF or to resell electricity with another solar energy supplier
Come on Majeure
Edf or does not apply the contract termination allowances when interrupting photovoltaic production follows a case of force majeure. Note that the termination of the power plant must last more than six months from the date of the case of force majeure so that the resolution is without any resolution allowance.
Depending on the general conditions of Edf ora sales, the following situations are considerably considered as majeure:
- THE Voluntary destruction due to the documents war, civil war, riots, looting, terrorism acts,
- THE Attacks and delicate deeds of sabotage,
- THE Irresistible atmospheric phenomena For them cause and greatness (frost, storm, etc.),
- THE accidental and not controllable phenomena (fires, explosions, drops of aircraft, etc.),
- THE Out -OF -Service requested by the public authorities for defense reasonsPolice or public security
Therefore, if the installation is completely destroyed by a fire, Edf or does not have the right to ask you for termination allowance if you want to end the acquisition contract.
The case of the moves
When you move a house on which you placed the solar panels and for which you are engaged in a purchase contract with EDF OA, You can stop free of charge if you sell the sun installation simultaneously with your property. To do this, do not forget to formulate the termination of the contract in writing with your signature and that of the new owner. The latter will therefore resume the number of years of remaining commitment.
If you are free to close the contract without having to pay compensation, you must still respect a fifteen calendar notice.
The other EDF OA alternatives
If EDF has the obligation to buy your green electricity, this supplier is not wondering to resell photovoltaic production. Other suppliers have really appeared on the market in recent years, such as:
- Urban solar energy
- equatorwho acquires the energy unused by the producers, whether they have concluded a contract with the obligation to purchase or not
- Aenetcoop
How to sell your electricity to another supplier?
To resell your photovoltaic production to another supplier compared to EDF or, you must have the contract you signed with EDF or from your new supplier.
According to the law, it is necessary to announce to Edf or your intention to transfer your file to a competitor before 1 October. The file must be transferred on January 1st of the following year. It is the buyer of your file that will organize the transfer and pay the generated costs.
You can continue to manage a photovoltaic power plant even if you are no longer the owner of the house on which it is positioned. In fact, if you have concluded a total resale contract with EDF or, you will be able to continue to sell the electricity produced, for the payment for future financial compensation owners for the use of the roof.
Conclusion
The end of the OA EDF contracts, generally concluded for a period of 20 years, follows several processes, whether you have reached the deadline or that you wanted to stop before their end. Economically, The most interesting choice for you will be to move on to the car -with the sale of surplus. If you are at the end of the contract oa Edf or want to interrupt the contract to contact the car -with or without surplus sale, do not hesitate to contact the team of my sun kit that will guide you as much as possible in your project.
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