The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) urges businesses to become a member of the Consumer Codes Approval Scheme (CCAS), which is key to strengthening consumer confidence and protection by adopting more effective methods such as Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)...
Posted: 21 September, 2018
RECC has warned of the dangers of widespread mis-selling in the run-up to the proposed date for closing the Feed-In Tariff Scheme to new generators (31 March 2019)...
Posted: 16 September, 2018
A jury at Liverpool Crown Court on 29 August 2018 found six men guilty of running a solar PV scam which defrauded 1,500 consumers, including older and vulnerable consumers, to the tune of £17 million. They will be sentenced on 1 October 2018...
Posted: 7 September, 2018
RECC yesterday responded to Government's Call for Evidence on future support for small-scale renewable energy.Launched in parallel with a consultation on the planned closure of the Feed-In Tariff Scheme, the Call for Evidence seeks stakeholders' views on the merits of a range of different support mechanims going forward...
Posted: 31 August, 2018
Virginia Graham, RECC Chief Executive, is one of 200 to add her name to an Open Letter calling on Clare Perry MP, Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth, to extend the deemed export tariff element of the Feed-In Tariff. Government is proposing that all elements of the Scheme will close to new applicants with systems commissioned after 31 March 2019...
Posted: 31 August, 2018
Solar & Storage Live, happening 16 - 18 October, brings together stakeholders in solar generation and maintenance, storage deployment, and emerging ancillary technologies. It provides a platform for the rapid rise in electric vehicles, energy communication, and smart consumption; technologies supporting the move to decentralised energy in the UK and worldwide...
Posted: 30 August, 2018
This month's RECC newsletter can now be downloaded and read below. In this month's edition, we are continuing the call to all members to send RECC photos of installs they have completed to be shown on the RECC website...
Posted: 3 August, 2018
On 19 July Government released proposals for ending the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) Scheme and called for evidence on the future of small-scale renewable energy generation. Stakeholders are invited to respond to the propsals and the call for evidence by 13 September...
Posted: 31 July, 2018
MCS has announced that the per installation fee will rise from £15 to £30 on 3 September. From that date all new credits purchased will be charged at £30 each. The Installer Registration Fee is £55 per annum...
Posted: 31 July, 2018
RECC has today issued its 2017 annual report. The report desribes the huge body of work that RECC carried out during the year and picks out the highlights. Among many notable achievements listed, during the year, RECC: - had 2...
Posted: 31 July, 2018
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