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Thursday, 26 January 2012 07:05

Government to challenge Court of Appeal decision on Feed-in Tariffs

The Government has announced this morning that it will appeal against yesterday's decision by the Court of Appeal  on Feed-in Tariffs upholding the recent High Court ruling that UK Government cuts to the Feed-in Tariff were unlawful.

In a statement, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne said:

"The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court ruling on FITs albeit on different grounds. We disagree and are seeking permission to appeal to the Supreme Court.

“We have already put before Parliament changes to the regulations that will bring a 21p rate into effect from April for solar pv installations from 3 March to help reduce the pressure on the budget and provide as much certainty as we can for consumers and industry.

“We want to maximise the number of installations that are possible within the available budget rather than use available money to pay a higher tariff to half the number of installations. Solar PV can have strong and vibrant future in UK and we want a lasting FITs scheme to support that future and jobs in the industry.”

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