Chris Huhne has announced that DECC will appeal to the Supreme Court against the Court of Appeal (and also Mr Justice Mitting’s) rulings. Clearly the aim is simply to maintain uncertainty and prevent a mini-rush as happened in November and December. The good news (such as there is) is that the more they appeal the...
FIT’s – The current position
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012DECC Loses FIT Appeal
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012DECC this morning lost their appeal against the unlawfulness of their decision to reduce FITs from 12th December. We also understand that they were refused leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. Where does this leave us? Well, we believe that all installations since 12th December and through until midnight on 2nd March will receive...
FIT decision update
Monday, January 23rd, 2012Last Friday (20th Jan) DECC attempted to clarify part of the current confusion surrounding FITs. To cut a long story short, if the outcome of the current legal tussle goes in DECC’s favour, then they’ve guaranteed that those who installed since Dec 12th up until midnight on Mar 2nd will receive the 21p/kWh tariff (based...
How many appeal court judges does it take to change a light bulb?
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012At least three apparently. What an utter waste of time and taxpayer’s money. We don’t really have much sympathy with Homesun or SolarCentury who lodged the legal action in the first place, although we appreciate that they are desperate to preserve the ‘rent-a-roof’ model; all this process is doing is prolonging uncertainty. But the fault...