September 09, 2024 13:36 GMT
POWER: Ripple Urges UK to End All Levies on Renewable Self-Consumers
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The UK’s Ripple Energy is calling for the government to remove all charges on public households that use their source of renewable power in a bid to increase the expansion of energy cooperatives, it said, cited by Renews.biz.
- An exemption from the levies already exists but it requires the use of unlicensed energy suppliers or private wire networks, Ripple said.
- The mechanism allows people to own a piece of a large wind or solar farm – receiving renewable power from the plant at a low cost.
- Ripple is also urging London to eliminate taxes on savings from energy bills and to provide low-cost loans and grants to low-income individuals, helping them purchase shares in a wind farm or solar par
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