Read the current official programme
Identify the exact scheme, responsible authority and current text before assuming a percentage, ceiling or deadline. Check applicant and property eligibility, eligible equipment and costs, energy evidence, application sequence and completion dates. An expected programme is not an open call, and an earlier year's approval does not establish current availability.
Identify the applicant and activity
Check legal entity, economic activity, site rights, enterprise size and any public-sector or energy-community provisions in the actual call. A household tax deduction is not automatically available to a company. A programme for businesses does not automatically include every homeowner or every commercial property.
Distinguish thresholds and aid intensity
Read whether a minimum applies to the investment, eligible cost or aid amount. Check caps, eligible categories, taxes and other public support. Dividing a guessed minimum grant by a guessed percentage is not evidence of the required project size. Ask the managing authority where the call is ambiguous.
Check the application sequence
Establish whether contracts, purchase orders, deposits or work may begin before applying, and what procurement or incentive-effect evidence is required. Keep dated quotations, invoices, payment records, commissioning documents and any required energy calculations. Do not promise approval or reimbursement before an authority decision.
Compare the complete scope
Give each bidder the same measured demand, drawings, access information and performance objectives. Compare exact equipment variants, routes, mounting, protection, controls, enabling works, tests, documents and taxes. Mark exclusions and provisional items separately. A lower headline price or a larger nominal system does not establish better value.
Make financial assumptions explicit
Compare the actual installed quote with interval self-consumption, imports, exports, contracted prices and applicable credit limits. Include losses, fixed charges that remain, maintenance, replacement, finance and taxes. Treat incentives as conditional until their applicable requirements and, where required, award decisions are established. A simple cost divided by annual benefit is not a forecast or a guaranteed payback.
Documents and reference links
Check the current version and applicability. These links do not establish failure rates, LIT credentials or an outcome for your property.
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Provide the location, objectives, existing models, plans or safely taken photos, and measured demand. Confirm scope, availability, assessment fees and responsibilities before booking.