Published on
15/01/2012
Following a day in court on the 13th January (last Friday), DECC's appeal still hasn't reached a sensible conclusion. The following statement is on the DECC website:-
"The Court of Appeal has not yet decided whether to give permission for an appeal or made a judgement on the FITs case. The Court will wrap up the decision on permission for an appeal and a possible judgement if an appeal is allowed in the next few weeks. Once the outcome is known we will consider our options and make an announcement on the way forward to provide clarity to consumers and industry."
This lack of decision is advantageous to the Government given that their recent moves have already been deemed to be 'legally flawed'. The longer the Government can draw out this process, the less time there will be for home and business owners to have installations completed before 31st of March 2012 if the original dates are reinstated.
We would encourage anyone who wishes to proceed with a solar PV system this year to make sure the installation is completed and registered before the 31st March 2012. This will give the client the best chance of receiving the original feed in tariff, guaranteed for 25 years, when the governments legal wranglings have been resolved.
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