Part IV Amendment of the Electricity Act 1989

Electricity from renewable sources

I164 Green certificates.

After section 32A of the 1989 Act there is inserted—

32B Green certificates.

1

An order under section 32 may provide for the Authority to issue from time to time, in accordance with such criteria (if any) as are specified in the order, a certificate to the operator of a generating station or to an electricity supplier.

2

A certificate is to certify—

a

that the generating station or, in the case of a certificate issued to an electricity supplier, a generating station specified in the certificate, has generated from renewable sources the amount of electricity stated in the certificate; and

b

that it has been supplied to customers in Great Britain (or the part of Great Britain stated in the certificate).

3

If an electricity supplier produces a certificate to the Authority, it is to count for the purposes of section 32(3) as sufficient evidence of the facts certified.