The Renewables Obligation Order 2015

Generating stations which were accredited as at 11th July 2006 E+W

37.—(1) This article applies to electricity which is—

(a) generated by a generating station—

(i) which was accredited as at 11th July 2006,

(ii) which has not ceased to be accredited since that date, and

(iii) to which article 34 does not apply;

(b) generated using pre-2013 capacity, and

(c) generated—

(i) from landfill gas,

(ii) from sewage gas,

(iii) in the way described as “offshore wind” in Schedule 5,

(iv) in the way described as “solar photovoltaic” in Schedule 5, or

(v) in the way described as “wave” in Schedule 5.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) to (5), the amount of electricity to be stated in each ROC issued in respect of electricity to which this article applies is 1 megawatt hour.

(3) Where, at the time it generates the electricity, the generating station's total installed capacity is greater than it was on 11th July 2006, paragraph (2) applies only in relation to ROCs which are to be issued in respect of—

(a) where electricity generated using the total installed capacity of the station as at 11th July 2006 (“the July 2006 capacity”) is measured separately from electricity generated using capacity which has been added to the station since that date (“additional capacity”), the electricity to which this article applies which is generated using the station's July 2006 capacity;

(b) in any other case, the appropriate percentage of the electricity to which this article applies (the appropriate percentage for these purposes being the total installed capacity of the station as at 11th July 2006 expressed as a percentage of the total installed capacity of the pre-2013 capacity of the station as at the date of generation of the electricity).

(4) In relation to the remainder of the electricity to which this article applies, the amount of electricity to be stated in each ROC is to be determined in accordance with article 33(3) except to the extent that it is electricity which is generated—

(a) using additional capacity which was operational before 1st April 2011 (“relevant additional capacity”); and

(b) from landfill gas or from sewage gas.

(5) Where the electricity to which this article applies is generated from landfill gas or from sewage gas using relevant additional capacity, the amount of electricity to be stated in each ROC which is to be issued in respect of that electricity is 1 megawatt hour.

(6) In paragraphs (4) and (5), the reference to electricity generated using additional capacity is a reference to—

(a) where electricity generated using relevant additional capacity is measured separately from electricity generated otherwise than by using such capacity, the electricity which is generated using that capacity;

(b) in any other case, the appropriate percentage of the electricity to which this article applies (the appropriate percentage for these purposes being the relevant additional capacity of the station at the date of generation of the electricity expressed as a percentage of the total installed capacity of the pre-2013 capacity at that date).

(7) This article is subject to article 41.