MP calls for longer taper for solar feed-in tariff changes
23rd November 2011
Anne Main calls for a longer taper period to help smaller businesses adjust to the lower solar panel feed-in tariff.
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans) (Con): Small solar panel companies about which I have written to the Secretary of State’s Department are having a particularly hard experience following the change in the tariff. They will lose jobs over it and they are asking whether the domestic 4 kW rate can be considered as a taper for a longer period so that they can recover from the shock of the quick cut in the tariff rate when they cannot deliver as quickly as the big boys.
Chris Huhne: I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that question. This is a consultation and a genuine one. We have made serious proposals and we are waiting for the responses. We will take those responses into account when we come to make decisions.
