Minimum of 21 pence now guaranteed for installs up to 31/3/12

[The Launderer]

Announcement made on REAL site by DECC confirming that t 21p is guaranteed for fits up to 31st March.

Update On Feed In Tariff - News - REAL Assurance Scheme

At last some information we can use to start selling again.

 

[Eco Deal]

DO YOU THINK!!!!! this sounds like it will be lower after 31st !!!

does to me ????

 

[The Launderer]

Not really considering what will happen after the 31st. This at least lets us know what the minimum FIT rate is up to that date.

 

[Eco Deal]

TRUE thats the uncertainy gone in the short term so nows the time to install 21p with no grade C

 

[Eco Deal]

and possible rate of 43.3p which we find out on 13th

 

[dansk]

So 21p for 25yrs?

 

[The Launderer]

So 21p for 25yrs?

Can't see what other interpretation we can take from it.

 

[dansk]

cool - im happy with that, unless its 21p till the 31st then a new rate after that?

 

[JulianC]

Good-oh. All is relatively well until 31st March. Time to make hay while the sun shines. Hopefully.

 

[Earthstore]

I don't get this.
It was 43.3p up to the end of March, then 21p (proposed) for the remainder of the 25 years.
Now it's 21p up to the end of March and then what?
This shambles just gets worse day by day.....

 

[Eco Deal]

it means it will NOT go lower than 21p but may rise .

so a least we can tell customers its 21p but may rise

 

[Earthstore]

But what about the other 24yrs and 10 months?

 

[grandfortune]

its for 25 yrs, like it was for the 43p,its not the cut in fit thats the problem its how quickly the implemented it that was unfair.

 

[Eco Deal]

if a customer signs between now and 31st they will get 21p at the moment if the gov lose appeal i think they will get 43.3p

but i think it it goes to 43.3p from now to april I think the cuts in april will be below 21p.

so hopefully it may pan out a 21p all year which would be good.

and hopefully the c rating may be made easier

 

[Earthstore]

I have followed all of this daily, read information from many different sources.
The statement from REAL does not change a single thing.
It states the minimum will be 21p up until April (2 months)
There is no clarification that 21p is for the full 25 year term.
Until that statement it was 43.3p to April then reduced to 21p ( proposed ) for the remainder of the 25years.
So please take care if you are telling customers the FIT is 21p for the full 25 years, because this is not the case.

 

[sambotc]

Well thanks to everyone involved in this big fiasco, I got a nice letter confirming my redundancy this afternoon. Hopefully this news means the wheels can start turning again and the offer of a job may be available again in the not so distant future.

 

[dansk]

Well thanks to everyone involved in this big fiasco, I got a nice letter confirming my redundancy this afternoon. Hopefully this news means the wheels can start turning again and the offer of a job may be available again in the not so distant future.

sorry to hear that, this is the true cost of incompetance.

 

[Earthstore]

Ditto dansk..

 

[sambotc]

To be fair to my employer, theres only so long you can keep 18 fitters busy for before the true costs involved means there are no other options, and give him credit he waited until after christmas when in reality we all knew it was coming sooner or later. The court case in hindsight only made the situation worse, as it has for all off you, and is it all really worth it for what will now become only 2 more months at 43.3p at best?

I'm sure everyone would be happier if they used the court case as leverage to try and get them to back down on the EPC and stick with the 21p. To make matters worse the suppliers have prematurely dropped the price of kits which only emphasises the fact that everyone involved in the P.V industry has been creaming off a good margin while the rates were so high...

 

[The Launderer]

I have followed all of this daily, read information from many different sources.
The statement from REAL does not change a single thing.
It states the minimum will be 21p up until April (2 months)
There is no clarification that 21p is for the full 25 year term.
Until that statement it was 43.3p to April then reduced to 21p ( proposed ) for the remainder of the 25years.
So please take care if you are telling customers the FIT is 21p for the full 25 years, because this is not the case.

It was my understanding that customers signing up today would receive 43.3p up until 31st March. It was what happened after that that was unclear. For me the announcement on REAL is quite clear in that the customers installed between now and 31st March will receive 21p index linked and tax free for 25 years. Otherwise what was the point in making the announcement.

I am also assuming that customers installed between now and the 31st March will receive 43.3p up until the 31st March but for all the difference that makes during a Scottish winter I am not too bothered.

It is also my understanding that if the Government loses its appeal then the customer will get the full 43.3p for 25 years.

So unless someone can can convince me that REAL are deliberately trying to mislead us I will be telling customers that they will get 21p for 25 years guaranteed with a possibility of 43.3p.