Opportunity to get statements in writing from the Secretary of State re FiT

[smag]

Can you please confirm if the proposed FiT cut off date for the higher rate of tariff of the 12th Decemeber is actually legal.
The premise for this alleged illegality is that the consultation seeks views on the proposal to apply the new generation tariffs to the new reference date of 12th December.
This date is actually before the close of the consultation date of the 23rd December. As such, the proposal has not been fully consulted on and therefore breaches all guidelines for consultation.
FASCIST (sorry couldn't help myself)

 

[The Solar King]

Would the minister be in favour of a programme that tied all aspects of FITS to the Price of energy and enabled the industry to flourish in the period until Grid Parity is reached?

Will the Minister tie the the export price for generated units to 50% of power companies highest non pre-pay tariff, alleviating some of the damage done and relating the Feed In Tariff to Energy costs. This still leaves the Energy Companies with a 100% mark up. (wouldn't we all like one?).

 

[The Solar King]

Why did the Minister and Officials at DECC recklessly ignore the advice given by the Industry last August to reduce the tariff in an orderly manner to avoid the very situation they are now in?

 

[MBE Contracting]

Could the minister, for a moment, put himself in the position of a pv installer put under the pressure of installing numerous 'booked in' installations, to an impossible deadline, approaching the worst time of year to be up on roofs. I fear the worst.

 

[Worcester]

Guys

Many thanks for all your questions.

I have passed them on to the variuos influential parties

Apart form the fact that, as with all previous consultations, it has been a paper excercise rather than one that actually listens to comments and feed back, we have donme what we can to stir up the hornets nest, now it is time for the lobbyists like the BIPV and STA to stand up and be counted and actually do something about it. I hope they have the guts and staminy to fighjt it as opposed to rolling over na having their tuummy ticked.

May be best to close this thread now, as unfortunately I won't have time to monitor it.