Renewable Energy 13 January 2026 - 18 January 2026

More than 54,500 UK households with rooftop solar panels face an automatic £100 penalty if they miss the Jan. 31 deadline for filing a Self Assessment tax return, GB News reported Saturday. This annual return is used to report income not taxed at source. The report estimates around 605,966 solar owners could exceed HMRC’s £1,000 trading allowance—the tax-free threshold for small side incomes—when export payments are added to other earnings. George Penny, founder of solar installer The Solar Co, warned the £100 fine might “wipe out around a third” of some households’ yearly export income. HMRC issues a reminder with just two weeks left before the online filing deadline at 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 31. This cutoff applies to returns covering the tax year from April 6, 2024, to April 5, 2025. It’s a key date for anyone earning outside PAYE — the pay-as-you-earn system most employers use — as well as for those who must pay any outstanding tax by then.

Perth, 16 January 2026, 20:15 Western Australia’s Coordinator of Energy has launched a special procurement process, mandating Western Power to secure Network Support Services aimed at relieving capacity issues on as many as 23 distribution feeders across seven locations in Perth and regional areas, per a Jan. 15 determination. Western Power is required to initiate an expressions-of-interest process within 20 business days. The contracted services are slated to start in December 2026 and cover three summer seasons.