Renewables must not be used as a 'political football'.

The article reports on the Renewable Energy Association's (REA) call for the coalition government and the U.S. Treasury to urgently clarify future support levels for renewable technologies. The Association claims that the Renewables Obligation (RO) banding decision which was published in July 2012 has failed to set out the support levels to 2017. The growing concern about the slow pace and complexity of the U.S. Department of Energy and Climate Change's policy framework is considered.