The BBC reports that “…the government has failed in an appeal against a decision which blocked its attempts to reduce solar subsidies… However, the government has said it will seek leave to take the case to the UK’s Supreme Court”.
What this appears to mean is that those who have or had solar panels fitted between 12th December 2011 and 3rd March 2012 will have to wait until either the bid to take it to the Supreme Court is rejected, or the case is heard there and a decision made, before they will know what rate they are going to be paid. Recent legislation does however mean that after the 3rd March the feed-in tariff rate for new installs will be 21p per kWh.