Responding to the consultation

The consultation is now closed and we await the Government's response

The Government's regulatory consultations give everyone a chance to respond to proposed schemes. In February 2010, the Government issued a consultation on the RHI and we responded.

How we responded

In general we think they got things more right than wrong with the preliminary scheme.

Our full response is available to download as a pdf: RHI response. The main issues we highlighted were:

• That systems installed before 15th July 2009 should also be eligible.
• The 12% return rate must be maintained
• The energy efficiency calculation baseline should be set at 'best practice' standards
• Other renewable heat technologies should be included, such as geothermal
• The scheme administration must be streamlined, simple and user-friendly