Panel of Supreme Justices refused the Government leave to appeal.

[jupestar]

Great news for our customers. Bad news for our future FIT budgets.

 

[provr6]

Just noticed this thread. Great news for the end of the week and good on the supreme court.

The DECC got what they deserved because of the way they handled it. Alas, they largely succeded by putting doubt in peoples mind as to what tarriff they might receive.

At least it draws a line under it now and saves a couple of years of uncertainty.

 

[Fazzathebrave]

Well I'm a happy customer who got installed at the end of Feb. The calculations were looking OK at 21p but even better now

 

[rob11]

I find this page on Deccs news website funny....

Read what Ed Daveys says- then cast your eyes to the tweeter link to the right-----
"......cost effectiveness of solar and other microgeneration technologies for the many, not the few.”

Feed-in Tariffs appeal decision - Department of Energy and Climate Change

(i don't know how much subsidies windfarms gets- but i am sure they get some and most investment for them is not form the UK)

 

[flyman]

This is good news for the industry. however if the flood gates open for claims of loss of earnings it'll be the tax payer that foots the bill...

 

[SolarCity]

That may be true but it is the tax payer that benefits from any fines that my company has to pay if we act outside of the law.

 

[finchy]

Very positive news lets hope this revives the publics taste for solar. A very positive end for the week.

 

[Somecamel]

Didn't Greg Barker say he would pay the legal costs if they lost?

 

[pcollins]

I'd be just as happy to see him leave...

Notice the tweet from DECC - "disappointing decision on FITs but line drawn under it. Will now focus efforts on scheme for the many not the few"

I presume they have finally drawn a line underneath it as there is nowhere else to go in terms of wasting time and money. I'd love to know how much this debacle has cost...

 

[langstroth2]

Put in an foi request and ask them!
Www.whatdotheyknow.com

 

[pcollins]

Thanks, done. They have until 24th April to respond...

 

[Glen Powell]

I am really happy with the result as are all my customers, however the loss of earnings bit does confuse me, the only thing that would make this feasible is the lack of stock available at the time, in November / December we all saw our order books fill to capacity and we all were able to fit whate would be 4 months worth of usual installs into 6 weeks.

Loss of earnings due to the new tarrif I can understand (post march 3rd), I can understand the loss of earnings to those that could not get stock and had to close their doors, not only did they loose earnings they lost their business.

I cannot understand loss of earning where people had the advantage of installing more than they thought possible in a short period of time, not once, not twice but now 3 times. The fact that production from fixings companies and other manufacturers ramped up pre 03/03 and now pre 31/03 means that installs are more controlled and any business you lost post 03/31 you probably got now.

Economics is a fragile thing, I would assume most have had a greater turnover between October and Now compared to the whol prior year, possibly with bigger profits.

 

[babba]

What about people who were planning large projects which where side railed because of the knee jerk reactionary fools ..????..how much income has been lost, never mind the instalers...I am glad to see the outcome of today...it goes to show money cant buy greg love..

 

[Glen Powell]

But at the same time are we going to be able to sue for loss of earnings on our pension funds also, I feel sorry for those that did not install their projects in time because of the kneejerk reaction but it is only because it is within an industry that you are involved in you have noticed it.

 

[SolarCity]

We missed out on a 50kWp install and have all the paperwork to prove it. I am very bitter about it.