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<p>Business rates are based on valuations from the Valuation Office Agency and we
do not intervene in their independent assessments. We have put in place a £3.6 billion
transitional relief scheme for England to support ratepayers, including those in the
solar power sector, at the 2017 revaluation. The transitional relief scheme has capped
annual increases in rate bills due to the revaluation.</p><p>The Valuation for Rating
(Plant and Machinery) (England) Regulations 2000 set out which energy generation technologies
are subject to business rates.</p><p> </p>
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