SEDA warns of cheating cases
Published on: Tuesday, October 21, 2014
KOTA KINABALU: The Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) on Monday warned of an increase in the number of fraudulent cases involving Solar PV promotions to individuals in the last few months.According to SEDA Chief Executive Officer Catherine Ridu, the public has lodged complaints with SEDA that certain companies have been promoting Solar PV sales and asking a hefty deposit with a promise that the Solar PV quota can be guaranteed."At present most of the cases were reported in Peninsular Malaysia, but lately SEDA is starting to notice complaints also coming from Sabah," she said.
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A check showed that there was about 77 such cases so far in the peninsula and one detected in Sabah.She advised that the public should check with SEDA's official website www.seda.gov.my for future quota release announcements. "In Sabah and Labuan, SEDA anticipates to release a maximum of 3MW solar PV quota for individuals for 2015 and that no solar PV agents can guarantee to secure any quota at all. "Any deposit required by the PV companies before securing the quota should not exceed RM1,000."With the exception of deposit payment all other payments are recommended to be on a non cash basis, payable only to PV companies that are recognised by SEDA," she added.
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Ridu added that if solar PV quota are available for an individual they are to deal only with Solar PV companies which are recognised by SEDA to be PV authorised agents which is listed on the SEDA website. "We take a very serious view on this matter and are working closely with the police. I advise all applicants to check with us first. "If any PV companies that are registered with SEDA are found to be involved in any fraud or scam, they will be delisted from SEDA's directory and will not be able to take part in the FiT programme as installers.
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"Members of the public are also encouraged to file police reports on those PV companies that are involved in such fraud or scam activities."Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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