25 January 2012: Commenting on the news that the Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court ruling that Government changes to the Feed-in Tariff were unlawful, Juliet Davenport, CEO of Good Energy, the 100% renewable electricity supplier, said:

“The credibility of the way the FIT budget is set has been seriously damaged, and the government must reform the tariff to prevent this boom-and-bust situation from happening again.  FIT is a great way to give people more control of their energy bills, so it’s no surprise that the scheme has been popular- it should not be a victim of its own success.

Now the government is looking at other ways of reducing uptake such as proposed minimum energy efficiency standard which will be unattainable for many households. The government’s decision to provide a replacement deadline on 3^rd March at least means we know what tariff projects registered before 1^st April will get – and will probably result in another mini-goldrush in the next few weeks.  But we still don’t know what support projects registered after April 1st will receive.

The decision by the government to appeal to the Supreme Court will do nothing other than inject fresh uncertainty to the scheme, limiting uptake further and continue to distract officials from the more urgent matter of fixing the FIT for the future."

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