The Electricity Supply Industry (Rateable Values) (England) Order 2000

Rateable values

6.—(1) In the case of a hereditament to which article 5 applies, paragraphs 2 to 2C of Schedule 6 to the Act(1) shall not apply, and its rateable value, in relation to any year during which the relevant list has effect, shall be an amount equal to the applicable amount.

(2) The applicable amount for the purpose of paragraph (1) is the amount produced by applying the formula

M × DNC,

where—

• M is the amount set out in column (2) of the following Table in relation to the sole or primary source of energy used by that generating plant, set out in column (1), and

• DNC is the declared net capacity of the generating plant in or on the hereditament (expressed to the nearest hundredth part of a megawatt).

TABLE

(1)	(2)
Sole or primary source of energy	£ per megawatt
The burning of coal	9,500
The burning of oil	5,000
The burning of natural gas where a steam turbine is used for the purposes of the generating process	9,500
The burning of natural gas where a steam turbine is not used for the purposes of the generating process	5,000
Nuclear fission produced by a Magnox reactor	6,000
Nuclear fission not produced by a Magnox reactor	14,000
Wind power	5,000
Water power	9,500
The burning of energy crops or animal litter	8,900
The burning of gas from a landfill site	5,000
Any source of energy not listed above, other than the burning of waste	5,000

(3) In this article “the relevant list” means the local non-domestic rating list compiled on 1st April 2000 in which the hereditament in question falls to be shown.

(1)

Paragraph 2 is amended and paragraphs 2A and 2B inserted by paragraph 38(3) to (11) of Schedule 5 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989. Paragraph 2C is inserted by section 2 of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (c. 29).