The Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012

Article 36

SCHEDULE 2 E+W+S Publication of FIT deployment data

1.  On or before the sixth working day before the end of each month specified in the first column of the following table, the Secretary of State must, for the period specified in the corresponding entry in the second column of the table (the “solar deployment period”), determine and publish [F1 — E+W+S

(a) in respect of any month of publication which falls before April 2015, the data set out in paragraph 2; and

(b) in respect of April 2015 and each subsequent month of publication, the data set out in paragraph 2A].

Month of publication	Solar deployment period
February 2013	1st November 2012 to 31st January 2013
April 2013	1st February 2013 to 31st March 2013
July (in 2013 and each subsequent year)	the preceding 1st April to 30th June
October (in 2013 and each subsequent year)	the preceding 1st July to 30th September
January (in 2014 and each subsequent year)	the preceding 1st October to 31st December
April (in 2014 and each subsequent year)	the preceding 1st January to 31st March

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 para. 1(a)(b) substituted for words (1.1.2015) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/2865), arts. 1, 2(2)

2.  The data referred to in [F2 paragraph 1(a)] are— E+W+S

(a) the aggregate declared net capacities of solar photovoltaic installations with declared net capacity of 10 kilowatts or less which were registered on the MCS database in the solar deployment period;

(b) the aggregate declared net capacity of solar photovoltaic installations with declared net capacity greater than 10 kilowatts but not exceeding 50 kilowatts which were registered on the MCS database in the solar deployment period;

(c) the aggregate total installed capacity of solar photovoltaic installations with declared net capacity greater than 50 kilowatts—

(i) which, in the solar deployment period, were determined by the Authority to be entitled to accreditation (excluding installations for which preliminary accreditation had previously been granted);

(ii) which, in the solar deployment period, the Authority granted preliminary accreditation.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Sch. 2 para. 2 substituted (1.1.2015) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/2865), arts. 1, 2(3)

[F3 2A.   The data referred to in paragraph 1(b) are— E+W+S

(a) the aggregate declared net capacity of solar photovoltaic installations (other than stand-alone solar photovoltaic installations) with declared net capacity of 10 kilowatts or less which were registered on the MCS database in the solar deployment period;

(b) the aggregate declared net capacity of solar photovoltaic installations (other than stand-alone solar photovoltaic installations) with declared net capacity greater than 10 kilowatts but not exceeding 50 kilowatts which were registered on the MCS database in the solar deployment period;

(c) the aggregate total installed capacity of solar photovoltaic installations (other than stand-alone solar photovoltaic installations) with declared net capacity greater than 50 kilowatts—

(i) which, in the solar deployment period, were determined by the Authority to be entitled to accreditation (excluding installations for which preliminary accreditation had previously been granted);

(ii) which, in the solar deployment period, the Authority granted preliminary accreditation;

(d) the aggregate of the following capacities of stand-alone solar photovoltaic installations—

(i) those with declared net capacity not exceeding 50 kilowatts which were registered on the MCS database in the solar deployment period;

(ii) those with declared net capacity greater than 50 kilowatts which, in the solar deployment period, were determined by the Authority to be entitled to accreditation (excluding installations for which preliminary accreditation had previously been granted); and

(iii) those which, in the solar deployment period, the Authority granted preliminary accreditation.]

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 2 para. 2A inserted (1.1.2015) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/2865), arts. 1, 2(4)

3.  On or before the sixth working day before the end of January and July in each year, commencing in January 2014, the Secretary of State must determine and publish— E+W+S

(a) the aggregate total installed capacity of hydro generating stations—

(i) which, in the relevant deployment period, were determined by the Authority to be entitled to accreditation (excluding installations for which preliminary accreditation had previously been granted);

(ii) which, in the relevant deployment period, the Authority granted preliminary accreditation;

(b) the aggregate declared net capacity of wind installations with declared net capacity not exceeding 50 kilowatts which, in the relevant deployment period, were registered on the MCS database;

(c) the aggregate total installed capacity of wind installations with declared net capacity greater than 50 kilowatts but not exceeding 100 kilowatts—

(i) which, in the relevant deployment period, were determined by the Authority to be entitled to accreditation (excluding installations for which preliminary accreditation had previously been granted);

(ii) which, in the relevant deployment period, the Authority granted preliminary accreditation;

(d) the aggregate total installed capacity of wind installations with declared net capacity greater than 100 kilowatts—

(i) which, in the relevant deployment period, were determined by the Authority to be entitled to accreditation (excluding installations for which preliminary accreditation had previously been granted);

(ii) which, in the relevant deployment period, the Authority granted preliminary accreditation;

(e) the aggregate total installed capacity of anaerobic digestion installations with declared net capacity not exceeding 500 kilowatts—

(i) which, in the relevant deployment period, were determined by the Authority to be entitled to accreditation (excluding installations for which preliminary accreditation had previously been granted);

(ii) which, in the relevant deployment period, the Authority granted preliminary accreditation;

(f) the aggregate total installed capacity of anaerobic digestion installations with declared net capacity greater than 500 kilowatts—

(i) which, in the relevant deployment period, were determined by the Authority to be entitled to accreditation (excluding installations for which preliminary accreditation had previously been granted);

(ii) which, in the relevant deployment period, the Authority granted preliminary accreditation.

4.  In paragraph 3, “ relevant deployment period” means— E+W+S

(a) in relation to the data to be published in January, the preceding calendar year; and

(b) in relation to the data to be published in July, the preceding 1st January to 30th June.

5.  In this Schedule— E+W+S

“MCS database” means the database maintained by the Microgeneration Certification Scheme that records the details of MCS-certified installations;

[F4 “stand-alone solar photovoltaic installation” means a solar photovoltaic installation which is not wired to provide electricity to a building;]

“working day” means any day except a Saturday or Sunday or a day which is a bank holiday or other public holiday in England and Wales.

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in Sch. 2 para. 5 inserted (1.1.2015) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/2865), arts. 1, 2(5)