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Donavan Bangs
I also have emailed my mp and left a message on their voicemail at their office. What with the quantitative easing doing no good shove it into pv which works.
I'm thinking it would be a good idea to link to this post so that they understand the devastation they are leaving behind.
... We are proposing that the new generation tariffs should apply from 1 April 2012 to all new solar PV installations which become eligible for FITs on or after an earlier ‘reference date’ which we propose should be 12 December 2011. Installations which become eligible for FITs before the reference date will not be affected and will continue to be eligible for the current generation tariffs...
The eligibility date of a project is based on it being commissioned (in working order) and having its request for accreditation received by a FIT licensee (schemes up to 50kW) or Ofgem (more than 50kW).
“Eligibility date” means the date from which an installation’s eligibility for FIT payments commences.
It is defined in Condition 33 of the Standard Conditions of Electricity Supply Licences, and is the later of the date:
(a) as applicable, of
(i) receipt by Ofgem of a FIT generator’s written request for ROO-FIT accreditation in a form acceptable to Ofgem (for installations with a declared net capacity of over 50kW); or
(ii) receipt by a FIT licensee of a FIT generator’s written request for MCS-certified registration (for installations with a declared net capacity of up to 50kW); or
(b) on which the eligible installation is commissioned.
...
the request for accreditation must include a Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) certificate.
d......
However, we will consider representations made during the consultation both as to
(i) the principle of applying the lower tariff to new installations installed from a
reference date (12 December 2011) that comes before the legal implementation of
those tariffs (1 April 2012); and (ii) whether the proposed reference date should be
12 December 2011 or some other date.
≤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* |
The consultation ends on the 23rd Dec, yet the reference date is 12 Dec. Go figure. Absolute **********.