PART 4Cases and circumstances when a ROC must not be issued

Excluded generating stations17

1

ROCs are not to be issued in respect of any electricity generated by a generating station located in Scotland.

2

ROCs are not to be issued in respect of any electricity generated by a generating station mentioned in Article 54(1) of the Northern Ireland Energy Order where the electricity has been supplied to customers in Northern Ireland.

3

ROCs are not to be issued in respect of any electricity generated by a generating station located beyond the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom unless—

a

it is connected directly to a transmission or distribution system (or the part of such a system) located in Northern Ireland (and to no other system or part thereof); or

b

it is an area designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 196427 or in a Renewable Energy Zone.

4

ROCs are not to be issued in respect of any electricity generated by a large hydro generating station (wherever that station is located) if the station was first commissioned on or before 1st April 2002.

5

In this article—

  • “Northern Ireland” has the same meaning as in Article 54(1) of the Northern Ireland Energy Order;

  • “Scotland” includes—

    1. a

      so much of the internal waters and territorial sea of the United Kingdom as are adjacent to Scotland;

    2. b

      a Renewable Energy Zone, or any part of such a Zone, which is designated by order under section 84(5) of the Energy Act 2004 (areas in relation to which Scottish Ministers have functions)28.