The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2013

Generating stations which were accredited as at 11th July 2006

15.—(1) Article 30 (generating stations which were accredited as at 11th July 2006) is amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) This article applies to electricity which is generated—

(a) 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 29 does not apply;

(b) using pre-2013 capacity; and

(c) in one of the ways described in the first column of Part 3 of Schedule 2.”.

(3) Omit paragraph (2).

(4) For paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3) The amount of electricity to be stated in each SROC issued in respect of electricity to which this article applies is (subject to paragraphs (4) to (6)) the amount in the second column of Part 3 of Schedule 2 which corresponds to the description in the first column of that Part of that Schedule of the way in which the electricity was generated.”.

(5) In paragraph (4)(a), after “the electricity” insert “to which this article applies”.

(6) For paragraph (4)(b) substitute—

“(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).”.

(7) In paragraph (5)—

(a) for “generated by the generating station” substitute “to which this article applies”; and

(b) omit “and (5)”.

(8) In paragraph (6), for “generated by the generating station” substitute “to which this article applies”.

(9) In paragraph (7)(b)—

(a) for “generated by the generating station” substitute “to which this article applies”; and

(b) for “total installed capacity of the station” substitute “total installed capacity of the pre-2013 capacity”.