Calculating and publishing FIT payment rates
16.—(1) On or before 1st February in each year, the Authority must publish a table setting out, for the following FIT year (“the relevant FIT year”)—
(a)the generation tariffs which are to apply to solar photovoltaic installations with a tariff date before the start of the relevant FIT year;
(b)the generation tariffs which are to apply (subject to any changes under paragraph (2)) to all other accredited FIT installations; and
(c)the export tariffs which are to apply to all accredited FIT installations.
(2) On or before 1st August in 2014 and each subsequent year, the Authority must—
(a)determine whether any changes to the generation tariffs published under paragraph (1)(b) are to apply to accredited FIT installations with a tariff date on or after the following 1st October; and
(b)publish those changes.
(3) On or before the dates specified in the first column of the following table the Authority must publish a table setting out the generation tariffs which are to apply, for the FIT year in which the period specified in the corresponding entry in the second column of the table (the “solar tariff period”) falls, to solar photovoltaic eligible installations with a tariff date in that solar tariff period.
| Publication date | Solar tariff period |
|---|---|
| 1st March 2013 | 1st May 2013 to 30th June 2013 |
| 1st May (in 2013 and each subsequent year) | the following 1st July to 30th September |
| 1st August (in 2013 and each subsequent year) | the following 1st October to 31st December |
| 1st November (in 2013 and each subsequent year) | the following 1st January to 31st March |
| 1st February (in 2014 and each subsequent year) | the following 1st April to 30th June |
(4) The Authority must determine the FIT payment rates under paragraphs (1), (2) and (3)—
(a)in accordance with Annexes 3, 4 and 5 to Schedule A to Standard Licence Condition 33; and
(b)by reference to the data published by the Secretary of State under article 36 and Schedule 2.