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Tariff blow to York's solar energy scheme

9:27am Tuesday 15th November 2011 in Eco info

GOVERNMENT plans to lower the amount paid to owners of solar energy panels are “a sudden and unexpected blow” for a new City of York Council scheme, a cabinet member has claimed.

The Feed In Tariff (FiT), was introduced in April 2010 to reward homeowners who adapted their homes with solar panels, to sell electricity back to the National Grid at 43.3p per Kilo Watt (KW).

Following this, the council’s Solar PV scheme was set up to enable solar panels to be installed on 3,000 council-owned properties before March 2012, to help reduce tenants’ bills and has already cost the council £20,000.

As of next month though, the FiT will be reduced to 21p per KW, which Councillor Tracey Simpson-Laing, cabinet member for health, housing and adult social services at the council, said was a blow for the city

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Pete the Brickie says...
11:28am Tue 15 Nov 11

I wouldn't mid betting that Ms Laing would've found this a lot less of a "sudden blow" if Gordon Brown was still in power?

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whatsnormal says...
1:07pm Tue 15 Nov 11

common sense, why should an energy company pay a panel owner 47p a unit to sell it back to another customer at 20p a unit.... never made sense when i read it in april and doesnt now, maybe someone spotted the error in their maths...

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Pete the Brickie says...
1:41pm Tue 15 Nov 11

whatsnormal wrote:
common sense, why should an energy company pay a panel owner 47p a unit to sell it back to another customer at 20p a unit.... never made sense when i read it in april and doesnt now, maybe someone spotted the error in their maths...
It's made uo to £0.47 per unit by government subsidies, any scheme of this nature is subject to change and most private customers will have theirs installed and working by the deadline and thus keep the higher rate for 25 years. The council took a gamble and lost, the intention was obviously to trouser a load of government money from the sale of electricity rather than the more noble "reducing tenants bills" I suspect.

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TomB62 says...
2:14pm Tue 15 Nov 11

Friends of the Earth is suggesting that this action is unlawful, and has indicated that legal action could be taken if the Government fails to amend its plans before Friday 11th November.

The environmental group may not be the only organisation threatening the coalition with legal action, as reports now suggest a major solar panel installer has made a threat too.

The proposed cut to the Feed In Tariff is likely to affect demand for the installation of solar panels and have a huge impact on the UK’s ability to produce environmentally-frie
ndly energy.

http://www.solarpane
lsblog.co.uk/2011/11
/anger-flares-over-s
olar-power-feed-in-t
ariff-cuts/

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meme says...
3:58pm Tue 15 Nov 11

Perhaps if they had been a bit quicker to deal with planning applications more might have gone up

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Back and Beyond says...
7:12pm Tue 15 Nov 11

Oh dear, I bet this a big effect on Anna Semlyens business plans....

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piaggio says...
10:44pm Tue 15 Nov 11

Oh dear, I bet this a big effect on Anna Semlyens business plans....”
!!!!!!!!!!!!! mint

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