Government Looses FITS Appeal
Wed, 25 January 2012
The government has lost its appeal to the High Court against a ruling that its plans to lower the rate of Feed-in-Tariffs on photovoltaic systems installed after 12th December 2011 was unlawful.
The judgement means that the Department for Energy and Climate change will not be able to go ahead with plans to cut the FIT rate from 43.3p to 21p for installations up to 4 kilowatts in size made after this date. Instead, the cuts will apply to installations completed after 3rd March 2012.
The government’s original plans were ruled unlawful because a consultation on the proposal to lower the rate of FITS ended 11 days after the proposed cut-off date.
Read more: www.greenwisebusiness.co.uk/news/government-loses-appeal-bid-against-high-court-solar-fit-ruling-2995.aspx.