The Energy Act 2004 (Assistance for Areas with High Distribution Costs) (Amendment) Order 2023

2.—(1) Condition C21 (assistance for areas with high distribution costs scheme: payments from authorised suppliers)(1) of the standard conditions of the licences of authorised transmitters is modified as follows.

(2) In paragraph 2, after “within Great Britain” insert “by authorised suppliers”.

(3) In paragraph 2A(2)—

(a) omit “beginning on or after 1 April 2021”;

(b) after “within Great Britain” insert “by authorised suppliers”.

(4) In paragraph 3, after “to the units of electricity” omit “actually”.

(5) For paragraph 3A(3) substitute—

“3A.   For each relevant year, for the purpose of information, each invoice issued to an authorised supplier pursuant to paragraph 3 must specify the amount determined by applying the Shetland p/kWh tariff to the units of electricity supplied by that authorised supplier during each period in relation to the relevant year t specified in the table in paragraph 3.”.

(6) In paragraph 5A(4), omit “beginning on or after 1 April 2021,”.

(7) In paragraph 6, omit “including the first relevant year”.

(8) In paragraph 9—

(a) in the definition of “administration allowance”, omit “specified in or”;

(b) in the definition of “correction amount”, omit “specified in or”;

(c) in the definition of “Shetland assistance amount”, omit “beginning on or after 1 April 2021 made”;

(d) for the definition of “units of electricity supplied” substitute—

““units of electricity supplied”

means the amount of electricity, expressed in kWh, supplied to premises(5) (cognate expressions being construed accordingly); and, for the avoidance of doubt, in calculating that amount any export of electricity from those premises is to be disregarded.”.

(1)

Condition C21 was inserted into the standard conditions of authorised transmitters by S.I. 2005/528 and amended by S.I. 2020/146.

(2)

Paragraph 2A was inserted by S.I. 2020/146.

(3)

Paragraph 3A was inserted by S.I. 2020/146.

(4)

Paragraph 5A was inserted by S.I. 2020/146.

(5)

For the definition of premises, see section 184(13) of the Energy Act 2004.