Feed-In Tariffs Scheme: Common Weal Consultation Response

Primary Author or Creator
Gordon Morgan
Additional Author(s) / Creators
Common Weal
Type of Resource
Policy Paper
Date Published
Fast Facts

― Common Weal strongly disagrees with the proposal to end export and generation tariffs for renewable energy on 31st March 2019.

― Doing so will be irrevocably harmful to the renewable industry with the solar industry likely to be badly affected.

― It will slow progress on carbon emission reduction, particularly in England.

― Eliminating the tariffs will not significantly reduce energy costs for consumers who don’t directly benefit from them – research has shown they only contribute to bills by approximately £1 per household per year.

― In light of our fundamental disagreement with this proposal, Common Weal will make no comment on further questions in the consultation.