Until 2008, any comparison of PV and other renewable feed-in rates was skewed by the issue of own consumption: people were paid for the electricity fed into the grid. A FIT for own consumption from small rooftop solar was then introduced. From July this year, this was expanded to bigger rooftop plants, and own consumption above 30% of total production has a higher rate.

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}