The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Amendment of regulation 52B (budget allocation for modification of installation capacity — shared ground loop systems)

43.  In regulation 52B (budget allocation for modification of installation capacity — shared ground loop systems)—

(a) in paragraph (1), after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa) for the financial years 2022/2023 and 2023/2024, determine and publish those parts of the budget allocation which will be allocated to—

(i) heating a space or water, or heating both a space and water, in domestic premises; and

(ii) all other heat uses;”;

(b) after paragraph (4), insert—

“(4A) Where the Secretary of State exercises the power in paragraph (1)(aa), paragraph (4) applies as if the reference to the “estimated total modified capacity commitment” were to the part of that sum to be used as set out in paragraph (1)(aa)(i) or (ii) and the reference to “budget allocation” were to the corresponding part of the budget allocation.

(4B) The Authority must not approve a plan to modify capacity in any financial year subsequent to the financial year 2023/2024.”;

(c) in paragraph (6), in the definition of “estimated annual payment”, for paragraph (i) substitute—

“(i) C is the expected increase in the installation capacity of the plant as a result of the modification;”.