Petition · past parliament
Get paid for clean electricity exported to the grid
Closed
45 signatures
What the petition asks
Government plans to end payments for clean electricity exported from new small-scale systems from March 2019.
They propose that people give free electricity to their energy suppliers. This is unfair and will cause a huge drop in the number of installations, placing the UK solar industry at risk.
They propose that people give free electricity to their energy suppliers. This is unfair and will cause a huge drop in the number of installations, placing the UK solar industry at risk.
Two forms of payment to small-scale systems will be removed:
1. Feed in Tariff (on all electricity generated)
2. Export Tariff (on electricity sold back to the grid)
The first is a subsidy, but the second simply reflects a fair wholesale value for electricity sold to the grid.
Residential battery storage is not an economically or environmentally efficient solution. It is better to use and store solar generation at a community scale. This requires a fair price for exported clean energy.
1. Feed in Tariff (on all electricity generated)
2. Export Tariff (on electricity sold back to the grid)
The first is a subsidy, but the second simply reflects a fair wholesale value for electricity sold to the grid.
Residential battery storage is not an economically or environmentally efficient solution. It is better to use and store solar generation at a community scale. This requires a fair price for exported clean energy.
Timeline
| 20 Dec 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 20 Jun 2019 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
45
Status
Closed
Opened
20 Dec 2018
Closed
20 Jun 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.