Challenges to the FiT review – have your say

The Environmental Audit Committee and Energy and  Change Committee are calling for evidence on the review of Feed in Tariffs for small-scale Solar Voltaic (PV) renewable energy recently announced by DECC.You can make your submission simply by following this link .

Friends of the Earth have threatened to mount a legal challenge but the case for an overall revision of the changes seems unlikely as the High Court has already advised that it could not stop the cuts being implemented. However there are elements of debate around the implications of the changes for community and charity, and social housing initiatives where there could be room for manoeuvre as well as whether the actual deadline date of 12th December is reasonable as it falls within the time period set for the ‘consultation’.