Secret DECC consultation

[TedM]

DECC have kept this pretty quiet, but the deadline for responses is 5pm tomorrow - Tuesday.

http://www.decc.gov.uk/assets/decc/...-user-survey-future-weekly-solar-pv-stats.pdf

It's only regarding the manner they publish weekly stats for the number and size of PV installations, and the reference date that they use for it.

They are proposing two options:

1. stop publishing the weekly stats and just continue with monthly ones
2. continue with weekly but switch from basing the data on commissioning date to registration date

They are asking:

i) What do you currently use these statistics for?
ii) Which of the two options do you prefer and why?

I use the weekly stats to try to predict the likely future degression changes, but as degression is based on registration date stats it is not that accurate. So changing to option 2 would be an improvement.

It is a separate matter that degression should be based on Eligibility Date as that actually controls what tariff an installation is paid, but that is not being consulted upon.

 

[Gavin A]

thanks ted, I saw this and replied last week, but then couldn't find it again to post a link to it.

 

[Worcester]

I've responded along similar lines to Ted, - we use to see what the likely impact is going to be on our resource requirements, and we need that as soon as we can. I will also (later) push to continue it beyond April 2013, though hopefully we willl be able to see the trend on the impact of degression by then.

Mind you though this fact :

Due to issues with the underlying database, the date of registration is not available for installations before January 2012

Doesn't say a lot about the competence of the people that will be administering the Green Deal..