Determining the number of renewables obligation certificates to be produced by a designated electricity supplier in order to discharge its renewables obligation
12.—[F1(A1) This article applies in respect of an obligation period other than an obligation period in respect of which article 12A applies.]
(1) [F2Subject to article 12B, where] the total obligation for an obligation period is calculation A, the number of renewables obligation certificates that a designated electricity supplier is required to produce in order to discharge its renewables obligation in respect of electricity that it supplies to customers in Scotland during that period is, for each megawatt hour so supplied, the figure set out in the second column of Schedule 1 that corresponds to that period.
(2) [F3Subject to article 12B, where] the total obligation for an obligation period is calculation B, the number of renewables obligation certificates that a designated electricity supplier is required to produce in order to discharge its renewables obligation in respect of electricity that it supplies to customers in Scotland during that period is, for each megawatt hour so supplied, equal to–
F4(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) The Scottish Ministers must publish, by the 1st October preceding an obligation period, the number of renewables obligation certificates that a designated electricity supplier is required to produce in respect of each megawatt hour of electricity that it supplies to customers in Scotland during that period in order to discharge its renewables obligation for that period M1.
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 12(A1) inserted (8.12.2017) by The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/432), arts. 1(1), 8(a)
F2Words in art. 12(1) substituted (8.12.2017) by The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/432), arts. 1(1), 8(b)
F3Words in art. 12(2) substituted (8.12.2017) by The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/432), arts. 1(1), 8(b)
F4Art. 12(3) omitted (1.4.2010) by virtue of The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/147), arts. 1, 7 (with art. 17)
Marginal Citations
M1See www.scotland.gov.uk/home for publication.