The Electricity Capacity (Supplier Payment etc.) Regulations 2014

Calculation of supplier credit cover

27.—(1) The Settlement Body must, by no later than 2 months before the commencement of a delivery year—

(a) determine for each month of the delivery year the amount of credit cover which each electricity supplier is required to provide for that month;

(b) provide the determination for each electricity supplier in the form of a schedule (a “schedule of monthly credit cover”); and

(c) give a notice to each electricity supplier of the schedule of monthly credit cover which applies to it.

(2) The Settlement Body must, as soon as reasonably practicable after making the calculations in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1—

(a) make, for each month of the delivery year after the month in which those calculations are made, a revised determination of the amount of credit cover which each electricity supplier is required to provide for that month;

(b) produce a revised schedule of monthly credit cover for each electricity supplier; and

(c) give a notice to each electricity supplier of the revised schedule of monthly credit cover which applies to it.

(3) The amount of credit cover to be determined under paragraph (1)(a) or (2)(a) for S in respect of month M is 110% of the monthly capacity market supplier charge which the Settlement Body estimates will be payable by S in respect of month M.