The graph below shows the truth of interest in solar.
Before the FIT cuts were announced, the domestic solar market was doing well. There was no great rush to domestic rooftop solar. There was a steady slow increase in the installation of new systems. This is similar to the pattern in Germany. The planned reduction in the UK FIT of 1% to 3% provided for the slow growth of installations and the gradual reduction in the price of solar systems. Companies opened for business and they did well. New jobs were created and more taxes came in to the government purse. After the FIT was announced there was a huge rush to buy and install solar before the deadline. There were over 700,000 installations during the last few months before the cuts.
Graph by week of solar installs.