The Guarantees of Origin of Electricity Produced from High-efficiency Cogeneration Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

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.