The Government has failed to overturn a decision to
block its attempts to reduce solar feed-in-tariffs.
The Court of Appeals today confirmed that it had rejected
the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) challenge to a High Court
ruling that its move to halve feed-in-tariffs were illegal.
However the Government has already confirmed that it will
next seek to approach the Supreme Court in an attempt to introduce a new tariff,
saying that current levels are unsustainable.
The feed-in tariff (FiTs) scheme- which pays households with
solar panels for the electricity they produce currently pays just over 43p per
kilowatt-hour generated. However the Government is concerned that the FiTs
scheme has already exceeded its budget for the year and wanted to introduce a
new tariff of 21p per kilowatt-hour for all solar panels installed after
December 12, 2011.
The on-going challenge to the rulings means that homeowners
and the solar industry alike cannot know what rate of incentive they will be
able to claim.
Environmentalists and the solar industry had lead a
challenge against the cuts, claiming that it threatens industry jobs and
jeopardises the Government’s claim to be the ‘greenest’ ever.
Solar panels are particularly popular with electric car
drivers as they can often mean drivers can recharge for free using their own
green electricity.
Welcoming the news of the rejected challenge to the FiTs
rate, Friends of the Earth’s Executive Director Andy Atkins said: "This
landmark judgement confirms that devastating Government plans to rush through
cuts to solar payments are illegal – and will prevent Ministers from causing
industry chaos with similar cuts in future. ”
"Helping more people to plug into clean British energy
will help protect cash-strapped households from soaring fuel bills."
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