August 1st deadline ?????

[SRE]

Solar FiT cut deadline expected to be August 1 | Solar Power Portal

 

[Ian-LS]

So again if true its been leaked before the official DECC annoucement. If August 1st is the cut off point there is no way there should be an October cut as well

 

[SRE]

I'm just totally fed up with the whole thing if I thought I could make soem money anwhere else I'd be off. What's really sad is I'm really quite green!

 

[The Solar King]

Received this statement this morning from the Solar Trade Association:

"[FONT=&amp]Several of you have stressed to us the importance of knowing when the new cost control framework will come into effect, particularly when Ed Davey suggested in the Commons last week he had scope for only a very small bit of movement.[/FONT]

[FONT=&amp]We are expecting full details over the next week, however, our best intelligence is the new cost control framework will come into effect first week of August. Therefore we have 10 weeks to make every effort to get the market going again. Positive, reassuring messages are needed to re-establish consumer confidence. [/FONT]

[FONT=&amp]With energy bills set to rise again significantly this year, we are pretty confident the industry can continue to offer attractive returns."

There has been a lot going on in the background over recent weeks to help ensure the best possible outcome for the industry. Staff from DECC will be at a meeting of the STA on 31st May, so hopefully everything will be public before then.
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[TedM]

I make the 40 day Parliamentary deadline for a change to be effective from 1st August to be either Tuesday 22nd May, i.e. tomorrow, or Friday 15th June - depending on whether the 40 days continues when only the House of Lords is sitting.

 

[SRE]

Thanks Ted I was wondering when the next date would be.

 

[Ian-LS]

The saying....'same old stuff different day' springs to mind

 

[sedgy34]

I'm just totally fed up with the whole thing if I thought I could make soem money anwhere else I'd be off. What's really sad is I'm really quite green!

This is because you have spent time and money in the solar venture, you need a pickme up get some flyers done and posted see what comes back

 

[Ian-LS]

Hopefully all will be revealed tomorrow if Ted is right

 

[sedgy34]

As I read these posts I can't help but think you are all waiting for the next fit drop, and when it's going to happen we should all either clog the decc phone lines or email a polite note against the drop!! After all when they meet they would discuss anything that's come to lite on the solar and fit.
If we stuck together in numbers showing against they would listen.

 

[The Solar King]

You had your chance in the consultation process. Do not forget Our Solar Future has been banging the drum on your behalf since this all kicked off.

 

[Gavin A]

If we stuck together in numbers showing against they would listen.

in other news, I hear it's Sunday every day next month...

 

[Ian-LS]

You had your chance in the consultation process. Do not forget Our Solar Future has been banging the drum on your behalf since this all kicked off.

Partly true but who would have predicted that the install rate in April and May would have dropped so low? I know I wasn't expecting it to be this low

 

[moggy1968]

There were many on here who saw the drop in tariff and introduction of EPC as the death nel of the industry. The writing was on the wall a long time ago, this government intends to kill off the solar industry because they don't want small scale solar generation, they want to stay in the pockets of the big 6.

It's no suprise to me. the suprise is how many installers are still coming in to the industry.

 

[Gavin A]

but the drop in tariff to 21p is justified by the massive solar price reductions, and we're able to offer 10% returns still, but the demand just isn't there.

It's not the existing cut that's the problem, it's the way it was done and all the negative publicity around it that's turned it into a situation that's proving hard to survive. I actually do think that our trade bodies were guilty of talking the industry down over the last 6 months, maybe with good intentions, but it's really backfired now (not that this should let DECC off the hook as the prime movers in this shambles).