The Electricity (Competitive Tenders for Offshore Transmission Licences) Regulations 2013

Commencement of a tender round

11.—(1) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Authority–

(a) has determined that one or more requests relate to a qualifying project in accordance with regulation 8;

(b) has received payment and security from the developer in accordance with regulation 9; and

(c) is satisfied that any entry conditions specified in paragraph 1 or 2 of Schedule 2, as the case may be, which must be met by the developer prior to the publication of a notice under this Regulation, have been met pursuant to regulation 10(1)(b),

the Authority shall publish a notice of its intention to commence a tender round in respect of those determined qualifying projects specifying the date on which the tender round shall be commenced.

(2) The Authority may, after consulting a developer in respect of a particular qualifying project, publish a notice specifying the date on which a particular tender exercise shall be commenced (which may be earlier or later than the date specified in accordance with paragraph (1)).

(3) Where the Authority has published a notice in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) and the Authority subsequently determines that it is impracticable to commence a tender round or a particular tender exercise on the date specified in that notice, the Authority shall publish a notice specifying a revised date on which that tender round or particular tender exercise shall be commenced.

(4) The Authority shall publish the tender rules and the cost recovery methodology no later than the date on which the tender round or particular tender exercise is to be commenced as specified in a notice published in accordance with paragraph (1), (2) or (3).