UK Reinstates 1st April feed in tariff deadline

[Somecamel]

Heard it here 2nd

UK reinstates April 1 Feed-in Tariff deadline in new EU report > National News > News | Click Green

 

[Guest123]

Is this a good or bad thing though, surely there will be another mad rush in March now.......

 

[SolarCity]

Are ClickGreen just jumping to conclusions though? Surely there should be a proper announcement?

Is it a good thing? Depends. Are the government stupid enough to slash below 21p after April or will they find some money from elsewhere?

I think it is a good thing and I don't expect a rush even remotely similar to what we have just had.

 

[Somecamel]

Not too sure if this is a good thing. The tariff must reflect the prices and prices have gone down. Don't want to go into specifics on my prices but pretty sure were all not that far out from each other- Hows about a 5 year payback anyone?

 

[moggy1968]

I don't think there will be a big rush again, those on the fence jumped. I do think there will be quite a few installs though before the cut off, just not as mad as before and of course the time frame is a little better now as well.

 

[Somecamel]

Are ClickGreen just jumping to conclusions though? Surely there should be a proper announcement?

We've been waiting for an announcement from them for weeks. They have some egg on their faces at the moment so wouldn't expect anything soonish- I.e- This year

 

[moggy1968]

Are we sure this doesn't just relate to the 21p rate from April, because originally the 43p rate was going to run to April and then reduce to 21p for installs after 12 dec. Are we sure this announcement means new installs before April are going to be fixed at 43.3p?

 

[jerriais]

The report states that following the launch on October 31 of a consultation to reduce the size of cash subsidies for solar PV, the changes are now “proposed to be implemented from 1st April 2012”.

Not so sure about this, couldn't it just be DECC telling us that the 21p rate will be paid from 1 April irrespective of whether the reference date remains as the 12 Dec or gets changed to 23 Dec or 8 Feb? I don't take it as read that this means the reference date will now be 1 April. Those who sell on this basis would be taking a very risky position.

 

[SRE]

If this is right and they don't cut the tariff when the budget runs out then I think we'll have a massive rush, lower prices are still new in our area and it opens up a whole new market. Looks like San Francisco might have to go by the board again!!

I don't know about anyone else but I'm really ****ed off with all of this uncertainty. I just want to make a living and have a holiday every now and then. It's not much to ask :-(

 

[SolarCity]

Yeah, the uncertainty is a killer.

One thing's for certain, we won't be carrying on like we did in the November solar rush. I'll end up in a box.

 

[dansk]

holiday? your having it now ;-)

 

[moggy1968]

prices, as we have discovered, reflect demand so if the demand increases as expected then we will probably see a rise in prices again.

Least I got my op out the way! Now just need to get up to date on my paperwork!!

 

[TedM]

I can't imagine that the DECC report that ClickGreen are citing in anyway changes what we already know. Systems with an Eligibility Date after 11/12/11 will get 43.3p until 1st April, then drop to 21p. ClickGreen are reading too much into it.

AFAIK DECC are still planning to appeal the Judicial Review.

 

[Somecamel]

But the eligibility date of the 12/12 has been deemed unlawful and subject to an appeal by DECC would technically mean that the 43p will be paid for installations up until 31st March for the 25 year term.

 

[SRE]

holiday? your having it now ;-)

True, unfortunately I'm having to spend it working out my mess of personal tax - almost as bad as the solar rush of November/December!!

Marrakech a week today though, just in time for any DECC announcement! I'M NOT CANCELLING THIS ONE!!!!!!

 

[pwboston]

when is thre annoucement i thought it was today? has there been a date set

 

[SolarCity]

I have a skiing trip booked but I'm not sure if I'll be going.

 

[SRE]

Renewables bring £2.5bn boost to economy - Department of Energy and Climate Change so renewables is contributing 2.5bn to the Uk ecomony - I know - let's go a trash the industry!! DECC press release about the same thing Click green are reporting on.


It's like a bad sitcom!

 

[stavtoon]

I need something explaining to me please.South east £356m for 22 jobs but North East just £128m investment for 1413 jobs would it not have been better to put the mone where jobs could be created or am i missing something.Obviously the north east is my area so stood out for me.

 

[TedM]

I think you mean South West rather than south east? DECC's summary on the regional map is wrong. The details are on the second page which shows:

South West - £355.6 million, 516 jobs
North East - £128.5 million, 1413 jobs

But most of this is eye-wash anyway.

http://www.decc.gov.uk/assets/decc/...s-investment-and-jobs-announced-1-april-t.pdf