Issue and content of CHPGOsN.I.
5.—(1) Where the competent authority—
(a)Receives a request made in accordance with regulation 4(1); and
(b)Is satisfied that the electricity to which the request relates was produced from high-efficiency cogeneration; and
(c)Receives any charge payable under regulation 9;
The authority shall issue a CHPGO in respect of that electricity.
(2) A CHPGO shall be issued to the person making the request for it under Regulation 4(1) or such other person as that person may specify in the request.
[F1(2A) A CHPGO—
(a)shall be issued by reference to a standard size of 1MWh; and
(b)shall relate to the net electricity output measured at the station boundary and exported to the grid.]
(3) A CHPGO—
(a)shall contain the [F2matters set out in Schedule 2] ; and
(b)may contain such other matters as the competent authority considers appropriate.
(4) Where a CHPGO has been issued in respect of any electricity and not revoked, a further CHPGO in respect of the same electricity shall not be issued by the competent authority.
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 5(2A) inserted (10.12.2014) by The Guarantees of Origin of Electricity Produced from High-efficiency Cogeneration (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/284), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(a)
F2Words in reg. 5(3)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Guarantees of Origin of Electricity Produced from High-efficiency Cogeneration (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1206), regs. 1(3), 4(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Commencement Information