UK guaranteed green electricity tariffs are creating serious interest in small scale renewable energy generation this year.

There is however a group of people not so happy about the detail of the feed in tariff proposals.

For the pioneers who installed their renewable generator before July 15th 2009 the government is offering much lower payments compared with those available to new generators.  The original renewable generators will earn 9 pence (US 14 cents) per unit compared with the tariff offering up to 41.3p (US 65 cents) a unit for newly installed generators.

Many invested savings in their renewable energy systems because they believed it was the right thing to do.  Green electricity supply company Good Energy believe that these pioneers deserve to be recognised and rewarded for their entrepreneurial attitude, not penalised.  The company is now campaigning to help green energy entrepreneurs by lobbying for a change in the legislation to ensure they get the recognition they deserve.

If you are an existing generator who will be affected you may want to sign an Early Day Motion petition and write to your MP asking them to sign it too.  Good energy have drafted a letter on their website which you can download and use.