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There are two key changes in the government's planned reform of the feed-in law that eliminate one of the basic intended benefits of the feed-in law, investment security:
  • the rapid strong cut for photovoltaics (even if delayed until April, it will ruin the business plans of most projects currently in the state of implementation),
  • the authorisation of the ministries to decide on rate changes on their own at decree level.

The second change is disempowering parliament, so there is a faint chance of the CDU/CSU factions rebelling against the government in the lower house already. If the law passes there, then the upper house is next. Since the states with lots of solar power and/or lots of solar power companies would be less than happy about a collapse of the industry, and some key solar states (Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia) are CDU/CSU.controlled, there surely will be serious resistance. The question is, will the states be content with changes in details like delaying and reducing the immediate big cut (as they did during the previous attempt to kill the solar industry), or will they think in the longer term and either kill the reform altogether or remove its key parts.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Sat Mar 3rd, 2012 at 07:15:18 AM EST
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