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PART 2 The renewables obligation
12.Determining the total number of UK ROCs to be produced in an obligation period
13.Determining the number of UK ROCs to be produced by a designated electricity supplier in order to discharge its renewables obligation
13A.Determining the number of UK ROCs to be produced by a designated electricity supplier in order to discharge its renewables obligation: obligation periods beginning on or after 1st April 2019
13B.Revising the number of UK ROCs to be produced by a designated electricity supplier for the 2017/18 and 2018/19 obligation periods
13C.Revision of the obligation level published on 27th September 2023 in respect of the 2024/25 obligation period
14.Further provision in relation to the production of UK ROCs
PART 4 Issue and revocation of ROCs
20.Confirmations required from the person being issued with a ROC
21.Further confirmations required for ROCs certifying matters within section 32B(3) and (5) of the Act where electricity generated otherwise than on land
22.Further confirmations required for ROCs certifying matters within section 32B(3) to (6) of the Act
23.Further confirmations required for ROCs certifying matters within section 32B(5), (6) and (8) of the Act
31.Calculating the amount of electricity generated by a particular category of generating capacity
32.Calculating the amount of electricity generated in a particular way
37.Generating stations which were accredited as at 11th July 2006
38.Landfill gas and sewage gas generating stations which were accredited, or held preliminary accreditation, as at 31st March 2009
41.Generating stations in respect of which a statutory grant has been awarded
PART 7 Cases and circumstances when a ROC must not be issued
43.Generating stations not compliant with accreditation or metering requirements
45.Generating stations using excluded capacity to generate electricity
48.Combustion units in relation to which a capacity agreement has been issued
49.Electricity in respect of which a CFD or investment contract applies
50.Combustion units in relation to which a CFD or investment contract has been entered into
51.Generating stations supported or potentially eligible for support under a feed-in tariff scheme
52.Generating stations in respect of which a NFFO arrangement applied but was terminated
53.Non-commissioned generating stations in respect of which a NFFO arrangement applies
54.Large hydro generating stations first commissioned on or before 1st April 2002
55.Generating stations first commissioned before 1st January 1990
58.Generating stations using gaseous fuel produced by means of gasification or pyrolysis
61.Circumstances in which ROCs must not be issued in respect of electricity generated from bioliquid
62.Common agricultural policy requirements in the case of bioliquids
63.Circumstances in which ROCs must not be issued in respect of electricity generated from solid or gaseous biomass
64.Cases where a renewables obligation certificate has already been issued
65.Cases and circumstances when a ROC must not be issued: general provisions
69.Dealing with the buy-out fund: payments into the Consolidated Fund and to the Northern Ireland authority
70.Dealing with the late payment fund: payments into the Consolidated Fund and to the Northern Ireland authority
71.Dealing with the buy-out and late payment funds: payments to UK suppliers
73.Calculating the total mutualisation sum in the case of a relevant shortfall
74.Payments to be made by suppliers towards the total mutualisation sum
75.Circumstances in which payments towards the total mutualisation sum are to be re-calculated
76.Re-calculated payments to be made by suppliers towards the total mutualisation sum and repayments by the Authority
77.Payments to be made to suppliers out of the mutualisation fund
PART 9 Provision of information
78.Provision of information required by the Authority to carry out its functions
79.Provision of information to determine whether a supplier is discharging its renewables obligation
80.Provision of information to determine whether a ROC is to be, or should have been, issued
81.Notification by the operator of a low-range co-firing combustion unit
82.Information to be provided to the Authority where electricity is generated from biomass
2.The Register must identify whether or not a ROC subsists...
8.Where the Authority receives requests under paragraph 7(b) it must...
10.The substitute cannot be the registered holder of a ROC...
12.The contents of the Register (including the entries referred to...
13.Where any person considers that an entry maintained in respect...
14.The Authority must in any procedural guidelines which it produces...
ELECTRICITY TO BE STATED IN ROCs
Annual ROC cap applicable to electricity generated by certain fuelled generating capacity
3.Capped generating stations in the 2018/19 obligation period
4.Capped generating stations in the 2019/20 obligation period and subsequent obligation periods
5.Mixed generating stations in the 2018/19 obligation period
6.Mixed generating stations in the 2019/20 obligation period and subsequent obligation periods
7.Order applies with modifications to determine whether ROCs are to be issued to mixed generating stations
11.Article 28 modified (ROCs to be issued by the Authority in respect of a generating station’s RO eligible renewable output)
12.Article 29 modified (calculating a generating station’s RO eligible renewable output)
13.Article 30 modified (calculating the RO eligible renewable output of a qualifying CHP station)
14.Article 31 modified (calculating the amount of electricity generated by a particular category of generating capacity)
15.Article 32 modified (calculating the amount of electricity generated in a particular way)
16.Article 43 modified (generating stations not compliant with accreditation or metering requirements)
17.Article 80 modified (provision of information to determine whether a ROC is to be, or should have been, issued)
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