Dear Julian,
I am one of the many people who support solar power, to the extent that I have installed solar panels on my
roof. Solar energy is supported by the vast
majority of the population (something like 6 in 7 people support it).
The IPCC recently
warned that we must drastically cut
carbon emissions far more quickly than the government
is currently proposing in order to avoid climate breakdown. I am therefore
shocked and appalled that the government is now preparing to remove the
final support mechanisms for new solar
installations. The export tariff payment currently sits alongside the feed-in
tariff subsidy for small scale solar installations. The export tariff pays
solar owners in exchange for surplus power exported to the grid for use by
others. The export tariff is the supplier buying energy generated by people’s
homes, and is in no sense a subsidy. If it is removed, as proposed,
then people will be giving electricity to their electricity supplier, when they
generate it, while having to buy electricity when they are not.
I
am writing to ask you to
urgently write to the minister, Claire Perry, to
express your opposition to this removal of the ability of home owners to sell
their surplus electricity and ask her to guarantee an ‘export tariff’
for rooftop solar installations after March 2019.
Best
wishes
Tom
Tom
Franklin
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