DECC considers staggered FITs reduction

Plans for introducing a staged reduction to Feed In Tariff (FITs) are due to be announced next week by the DECC.

The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has said it will outline its proposals for streamlining the FITs on February 9. 

Although DECC will not comment in depth on the plans ahead of the expected announcement the scheme is likely to work on the same lines as the German system. 

There has been disarray throughout the Solar PV industry following the second government defeat at the court of appeal on January 25th. It is now uncertain what the current Feed in Tariff rates will end up being, leading up to the 3rd of March, as if the government appeals to the Supreme court it may not be known for another 12 months, the rate consumers who install Solar PV within this period, will actually receive.