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Consultation responsesCLA professionals consistently engage policy makers and politicians at all levels. They scrutinise proposed primary and secondary legislation that affects rural landowners, propose amendments and draft new clauses in consultation with members. CLA advisers have responded to the following consultations: Showing the 10 latest of 15. Show all.  Energy Red Tape ChallengeThe formal scope of the Red Tape Challenge excludes regulations on tax and spend measures and the activities of the independent Economic Regulators - for example the Renewables Obligation (tax and spend) and license conditions for electricity suppliers... [Policy Work/Consultation responses] - [4 January 2012] Comprehensive Review Phase 1: Feed-in Tariffs for Solar PVThe CLA agrees that solar subsidies are too high to be sustainable and must be reduced. However, our response argues this must be done in a way that respects those caught out by the 12 December deadline who are tied into installation contracts on... [Policy Work/Consultation responses] - [22 December 2011] Electricity Market ReformThe CLA's response to DECC's consultation on Electricity Market Reform has flagged its deep concern that the proposals appear to ignore the important role that smaller scaled distributed generation can play under the current FIT, and its advice that this... [Policy Work/Consultation responses] - [14 March 2011] Standard Rules for the Environmental Permitting Regulations - No.6CLA has, for some years, been calling for a reduction in the red tape surrounding biogas, which adds costs and delay to investors. The response is part of a wider lobby covering exemptions and permitting. [Policy Work/Consultation responses] - [7 January 2011] Standard Rules for Anaerobic Digestion PlantsCLA continues to argue for further deregulation of farm based Anaerobic Digestion [Policy Work/Consultation responses] - [4 January 2011] Grandfathering of Support for Dedicated Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion and Energy from WasteThese propsals fall far short of the policy required to secure the huge private investments necessary to deliver the 2020 renewables target. The Government should guarantee banded Renewables Obligation Certificate rates (which pay up to two certificates... [Policy Work/Consultation responses] - [27 May 2010] Energy National Policy StatementsThe CLA has responded to the Energy and Climate Change Committee on the Energy National Policy Statements (NPS). We have restricted our comments to those areas where CLA has expertise. Our overarching concern is that the NPS underpin the... [Policy Work/Consultation responses] - [20 January 2010] Proposal to modify electricity supply licence conditions for the purpose of introducing the Feed-In Tariff SchemeWe welcome the proposals, but argue that the "elephant in the room" has not yet been recognised. This is the cost of connection to the District Networks, and must be addressed if the Feed-In Tariff is to work for rural communities. In detail... [Policy Work/Consultation responses] - [19 January 2010] Renewables and the Grid: Access & ManagementThis document sets out CLA's response to the PRASEG consultation on Renewables and the Grid [Policy Work/Consultation responses] - [12 January 2010] Renewable Electricity Financial IncentivesCLA welcomed the consultation but called for higher payments which would be linked to rpi and made available in a user friendly form. [Policy Work/Consultation responses] - [16 October 2009] |
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