As you may have heard today through the press, etc, two solar installation company’s and Friends of the Earth have been taking the Government to court due to alleged illegally fixing a date for the Feed in Tariff to be slashed even before the official consultation was complete.
Today, the High Court upheld the Solar industry’s case. The Government (not for the first time), have been proved to be trying to imitate a Dictatorship by simply trampling over the Law, thinking they were above all of that nonsense!!.. Thankfully it has been proved they are not.
We are all right at this moment in a Christmas limbo awaiting the outcome of this
case.. The Government will lodge an appeal in January (using our money again!), so will take until February to see the outcome … Its weird to think that the Government are able to use our own money to defend not their own political standpoint, but the bank balances of their chums, i.e. the power company’s.. The whole thing does stink of some ‘back scratching’ scandal. I suspect it will all come out in 5 years or so when another Government is in power, and we are stuck with EDF Nuclear!
However.. There is an indication from insiders that our loving Government will simply slash the tariff to nothing after February/ April (whenever they can get away with), if the ruling is upheld to keep up their end of the bargain with their chums..
Remember the ‘budget’ that Uncle Greg Barker keeps mentioning is not taxpayers money, but Power Company Profit!