U.K. Seeks Permission From Supreme Court to Appeal Solar Ruling
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The U.K. government said today it’s seeking permission from the Supreme Court to appeal against decisions by two lower courts that its planned early cuts to solar subsidies are unlawful.
The High Court ruled in December that plans for a Dec. 12 cut in the so-called feed-in tariffs paid for electricity from solar panels were illegal. The government then lost a case at the Court of Appeal to overturn that decision. The Department of Energy and Climate Change said today in an e-mailed statement that ministers “respectfully disagree” with the last ruling.