Latest on the court challenge!!!

[solarsavings]

25yrs always look further away looking forward, strange then it seems so short looking back

 

[The Launderer]

Being a confused member of the public I have enough questions...

Questions #424-26 re: If Scotland gets independance.....

#424 Will Kim Jong-Salmond plan to cancel scheme and screw up my pension plans?
#425 If it continues will I have to move to that Scottish (Spanish) Power bunch?
#426 Will it be paid in worthless Euro's?

25 years now does seem a very long time

I haven't considered that question before. The last poll I seen suggested that less than 1 in 4 Scots were in favour so its probably not worth worrying about. Having said that I have just sent a letter to my SNP Scottish MP and asked her the question. Don't hold your breath for a quick answer.

 

[moggy1968]

do we have any clarity on the rates for installs over 4kW?

 

[morpheus75]

I rang REA today and they confirmed once again 21p for 25 years until march 31st indexed link. No indication of any rate for systems above 4kw. Interestingly though the advisor i spoke to seemed fairly certain that DECC will probably win the appeal?
Going forwards 21p indexed linked is what i will be advising potential clients with a bonus of 43p if appeal is lost, but will make very clear the current situation. To be honest there is not a lot else that can be said or done until we here the outcome.


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[FB.]

Interestingly though the advisor i spoke to seemed fairly certain that DECC will probably win the appeal?

In 1997, Gordon Brown told us that he'd put an end to boom and bust; I wouldn't believe everything that government puppets have to say.

Although I agree that the FiT was too generous for too long and allowed rent-a-roofers to skim-off an easy living; I also believe that although the courts will sympathise with the government, the courts will find it difficult to rule in the government's favour and I expect the 43p to be reinstated until April but only after a long, drawn-out series of appeals to deter as many as possible from jumping on the 43p bandwagon.

 

[moggy1968]

every government for the last 30 years has promised to get away from boom and bust, they're all lying wxxxxxs

 

[SRE]

Announcement due this afternoon about dates for new Fit payments from DECC. Seems that 3rd March is going to be the default date if the judges deem 12/12 unlawful.

 

[SRE]

Feed-in Tariff Update - Department of Energy and Climate Change

Is it me - "Today we’re putting in place a contingency that will bring a 21p rate into effect from April for installations from 3 March. " - Ehhh??????

It is me - I guess they mean the reduced rate for installs between 3rd March and April will be 21p after the the 1st April - men in white coats rapidly approaching ......​

 

[FIT-PV]

Wtf..... :90:

 

[Noddy67]

So Fudge is the new black, and 3/3 is the new 12/12. There seems to be more joined up thinking in their dates than their thinking.

Al

 

[JulianC]

Does anyone know where I can hire a hit man? I really need Captain C-rated putting out of my misery.

 

[Graeme Harrold]

Thinking realistically, if the 'C' rating goes, the FIT rate will drop too. With 4K systems being advertised as low as £6500, 21p becomes a fantastic rate again.....

 

[SRE]

Only for a short while until the companies offering 6.5k for 4kwp go bust, which they surely must. Not such a bargain if you can't get any problems sorted. Anyone offering those sort of prices odesn't understand business.

 

[Crusader]

Looks to me like the government think they will loose the court case, if anyone hasn't seen it DECC have announced that the new rate of 21p will apply from 3rd March. Will have to wait for the court decision but it looks like panic again.

 

[mdovey]

The 3/3 is so close to the 1/4 it looks pretty pointless to me!

 

[TedM]

Barker calls this the much needed certainty for the solar industry.

 

[michaelwr]

Surprised they didn't do this sooner, have another consulation period with a valid date whilst they argue over the validatity of the first one.

 

[TedM]

The 'over 4kW' rates are all as proposed in the consultation:

Band (kW Declared Net Capacity (DNC)	Current generation tariff (p/kWh)	New generation tariff from 1 April 2012 (p/kWh)
≤4kW (new build)	37.8	21.0
≤4kW (retrofit)	43.3	21.0
>4-10kW	37.8	16.8
>10-50kW	32.9	15.2
>50-100kW	19	12.9
>100-150kW	19	12.9
>150-250kW	15	12.9
>250kW-5MW	8.5	8.5
stand alone	8.5	8.5

 

[TedM]

Despite what Huhne has said this is DECC pretty much admitting that the consultation process is a complete sham.

 

[mdovey]

Barker calls this the much needed certainty for the solar industry.

Well the clarity is that any install after the 3/3 will get the 21p rate, whereas installs between now and the 3/3 is still a gamble on the court case.

I would expect that there may be a slight rush followed by cancellations if subsequently DECC win the case (particularly from those whose orders as still within the 7 working day cooling off period)