Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the likely annual saving on average household energy bills from the proposed early closure of the solar renewables obligation.

As stated in the impact assessment accompanying the consultation paper, the likely annual saving on average household electricity bills from the proposed early closure of the renewables obligation to solar PV at 5MW and below is £0.80 in 2020/21 on the medium deployment scenario, with a range from £0.50 to £1.20. These bill impact figures are in 2014 prices.