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registered interest false more like this
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Department for Energy and Climate Change more like this
answering dept id 63 more like this
answering dept short name Energy and Climate Change more like this
answering dept sort name Energy and Climate Change more like this
hansard heading Solar Power: Renewables Obligation more like this
house id 1 more like this
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the annual saving to the Levy Control Framework budget from closure of the Renewables Obligation to large-scale solar from April 2015; what that saving is as a proportion of that budget in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018, (d) 2019 and (e) 2020; and if he will make a statement. more like this
tabling member constituency Brighton, Pavilion more like this
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Caroline Lucas more like this
uin 205849 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-09-01more like thismore than 2014-09-01
answer text <p>In its consultation issued on 13<sup>th</sup> May 2014, DECC has proposed closing the Renewables Obligation (RO) to new solar PV capacity above 5MW from 31 March 2015. We consider this to be necessary because large-scale solar PV is deploying more rapidly than expected. This poses a substantial risk to our ability to manage the levy control framework budget, and therefore our ability to minimise costs of renewables deployment for consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment published alongside the consultation set out the projected impact of proposed intervention on deployment and spend. Option 1 below assumes no action; option 2 is the proposed intervention:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-changes-to-financial-support-for-solar-pv" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-changes-to-financial-support-for-solar-pv</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Hastings and Rye more like this
answering member printed Amber Rudd more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-09-01T10:21:14.8808715Zmore like thismore than 2014-09-01T10:21:14.8808715Z
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label Biography information for Amber Rudd more like this
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label Biography information for Caroline Lucas more like this