Latest on the court challenge!!!

[JulianC]

Does anyone know where I can hire a hit man? I really need Captain C-rated putting out of my misery.

 

[Graeme Harrold]

Thinking realistically, if the 'C' rating goes, the FIT rate will drop too. With 4K systems being advertised as low as £6500, 21p becomes a fantastic rate again.....

 

[SRE]

Only for a short while until the companies offering 6.5k for 4kwp go bust, which they surely must. Not such a bargain if you can't get any problems sorted. Anyone offering those sort of prices odesn't understand business.

 

[Crusader]

Looks to me like the government think they will loose the court case, if anyone hasn't seen it DECC have announced that the new rate of 21p will apply from 3rd March. Will have to wait for the court decision but it looks like panic again.

 

[mdovey]

The 3/3 is so close to the 1/4 it looks pretty pointless to me!

 

[TedM]

Barker calls this the much needed certainty for the solar industry.

 

[michaelwr]

Surprised they didn't do this sooner, have another consulation period with a valid date whilst they argue over the validatity of the first one.

 

[TedM]

The 'over 4kW' rates are all as proposed in the consultation:

Band (kW Declared Net Capacity (DNC)	Current generation tariff (p/kWh)	New generation tariff from 1 April 2012 (p/kWh)
≤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

 

[TedM]

Despite what Huhne has said this is DECC pretty much admitting that the consultation process is a complete sham.

 

[mdovey]

Barker calls this the much needed certainty for the solar industry.

Well the clarity is that any install after the 3/3 will get the 21p rate, whereas installs between now and the 3/3 is still a gamble on the court case.

I would expect that there may be a slight rush followed by cancellations if subsequently DECC win the case (particularly from those whose orders as still within the 7 working day cooling off period)

 

[TedM]

BTW this is still not a done deal. Either House of Parliament could vote to throw out the draft. Then it would be back to square one.

This is unlikely, however.

 

[mdovey]

OK, so

installations before the 12/12 will almost certainly be 43.3p until 1 April, and 43.3p after 1 April.
installations between the 12/12 and 3/3 will almost certainly be 43.3p until 1 April and will almost certainly be at least 21p but may be 43.3p after 1 April depending on the court case
installations between the 3/3 will almost certainly be 43.3p until 1 April, and will most probably be 21p after 1 April depending on parliament approval.

I'm glad it is all clear now!

 

[pwboston]

I still cant get my head round how long the courst case is taking, from expecting a decision last Friday afternoon to hearing nothing?

Anyway, anyone installing a system now gets the 21p with the "chance" of getting a higher tariff thats basically what we are saying

 

[BruceB]

Ted, Have you deliberately said the FIT bands are based on DNC rather than TIC?

 

[FIT-PV]

Anbody hear this??

"Solar firms call for High Court case to be dropped to end uncertainty around rates for customers"