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PART 2 The renewables obligation
11.Determining the total number of renewables obligation certificates to be produced in an obligation period
12.Determining the number of renewables obligation certificates to be produced by a designated electricity supplier in order to discharge its renewables obligation
13.Further provision in relation to the production of renewables obligation certificates
PART 4 Cases and circumstances when a SROC must not be issued
17AA.Offshore wind turbines registered for longer than 20 years
17AB.Generating stations using excluded capacity to generate electricity
17B.Microgenerators in respect of which feed-in tariffs may be available
17C.Generating stations (other than microgenerators) accredited before feed-in tariffs become available
17D.Generating stations (other than microgenerators) accredited after feed-in tariffs become available
18.Generating stations first commissioned before 1st January 1990
19.Generating stations generating under arrangements referred to in the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992
20.Generating stations in respect of which a NFFO arrangement applied but was terminated
21.Non-commissioned generating stations in respect of which a NFFO arrangement applies
21A.Electricity in respect of which a CFD or investment contract applies
21B.Combustion units in relation to which a CFD or investment contract has been entered into
22.Circumstances in which no SROCs are to be issued in respect of electricity generated from renewable sources
22ZA.Circumstances in which no SROCs are to be issued in respect of electricity generated from solid or gaseous biomass
22A.Circumstances in which no SROCs are to be issued in respect of electricity generated from bioliquid
22C.Electricity generated by certain types of biomass generating station
23.Circumstances in which no SROCs are to be issued by virtue of section 32C(8)(a) of the Act
PART 5 SROCs to be issued by Authority in respect of RO eligible renewable output
23A.RO input electricity, RO output electricity and ineligible renewable sources
24.SROCs to be issued by Authority in respect of a generating station's RO eligible renewable output
25.Calculating a generating station’s RO eligible renewable output
26. RO eligible renewable output of a qualifying combined heat and power generating station
PART 6 Banding and grandfathering
28.Electricity generated by qualifying combined heat and power generating stations
28B.Co-firing of regular bioliquid in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 obligation periods
28C.Low-range co-firing in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 obligation periods
30.Generating stations which were accredited as at 11th July 2006
30A.Offshore wind generating stations using 2006/10 wind turbines
30C.Offshore wind generating stations using test and demonstration wind turbines
30D.Offshore wind generating stations using floating wind turbines
31.Generating stations which were accredited, or held preliminary accreditation, as at 31st March 2009
32.Generating stations in respect of which a statutory grant has been awarded
PART 7 Issue and revocation of SROCs
37.Criteria applicable to SROCs where article 36(1)(a) or (b) cannot be complied with
38.Further criterion applicable to SROCs certifying matters within section 32B(3) and (5) of the Act where electricity generated otherwise than on land
39.Further criteria applicable to SROCs certifying matters within section 32B(3) to (6) of the Act
40.Further criteria applicable to SROCs certifying matters within section 32B(5), (6) and (8) of the Act
45.Dealing with the buy-out fund: payments into the Consolidated Fund and to the Northern Ireland authority
46.Dealing with the late payment fund: payments into the Consolidated Fund and to the Northern Ireland authority
47.Dealing with the buy-out and late payment funds: payments to United Kingdom suppliers
48.Shortfall in the buy-out and late payment funds: the total mutualisation sum
49.Payments to be made by suppliers towards the total mutualisation sum
50.Circumstances in which payments towards the total mutualisation sum are to be re calculated
51.Re-calculated payments to be made by suppliers towards the total mutualisation sum and repayments by the Authority
52.Payments to be made to suppliers out of the mutualisation fund
54.Information to be provided to the Authority where electricity is generated from biomass ...
56.Exchange of information with the Northern Ireland authority
58ZZB.Preliminary accreditation and accreditation: common provisions
60.Modification of this Order in relation to microgenerators in certain circumstances
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION CRITERIA FOR SOLID AND GASEOUS BIOMASS
ELECTRICITY TO BE STATED IN SROCs
AMOUNT OF RELEVANT SHORTFALL FOR THE RELEVANT OBLIGATION PERIOD
ACTUAL VALUE METHOD FOR CALCULATING EMISSIONS FROM THE USE OF BIOMASS
DEFAULT VALUE METHOD FOR CALCULATING EMISSIONS FROM THE USE OF BIOMASS
1.The Authority must establish and maintain the Register referred to...
2.The Register must identify whether or not a SROC subsists...
6.The Authority must delete from the Register any SROC which–...
8.Where the Authority receives requests under paragraph 7(a) it must...
10.The substitute cannot be the registered holder of a SROC...
12.The contents of the Register (including the entries referred to...
13.Where any person considers that an entry maintained in respect...
14.The Authority must in any procedural guidelines which it produces...
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