Levy doubts limit green-energy use
3 April 2012
The uptake of renewable sources of electricity is being hampered by uncertainty over which ones will be exempt from the climate change levy.
Anna Walker, the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) director-general for energy, assured delegates at the recent Energy Information Centre’s annual market convention in Birmingham that the government is moving ahead with plans to cap the price of green energy after the climate change levy takes effect next April.
“We will have to discuss with industry...