Monday 31 October 2011

FITs Review - Consultation

On 7 February 2011, the Government announced the first comprehensive review of the Feed-in tariffs (FITs) scheme for small-scale low-carbon electricity generation.

A principal objective of the review was to determine how the efficiency of FITs will be improved to deliver £40 million of savings, around 10%, in 2014/15.

A consultation has now been launched on Phase I and will run until 23 December 2011.

The proposals are subject to an eight-week consultation period. If implemented, they would introduce a new tariff for schemes up to 4kW in size of 21.0p/kWh – down from the current 43.3p/kWh. Reduced rates are also proposed for schemes between 4kW and 250kW, to ensure that those schemes receive a consistent rate of return. The table of proposed tariffs is below.

Band (kW)      Current (p/kWh)      Proposed (p/kWh)
≤4kW (new build)      37.8      21.0
≤4kW (retrofit)      43.3      21.0
>4-10kW      37.8      16.8
>10-50kW      32.9      15.2
>50-100kW      19      12.9
>100-150kW      19      12.9
>150-250kW      15      12.9
>250kW-5MW      8.5      8.5*
stand alone      8.5      8.5*

Under the proposals, the new tariffs would apply to all new solar PV installations with an eligibility date on or after 12 December 2011. Such installations would receive the current tariff before moving to the lower tariffs on 1 April 2012. Consumers who already receive a FIT will see their existing payments unchanged, and those with an eligibility date on or before 11 December 2011 will receive the current rate. Click on the link to take part in the consultation:

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