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The Power Purchase Agreement Scheme Regulations 2014

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16.—(1) The Authority must establish and maintain records of each generating station in respect of which—

(a)an electricity generator fails to provide any project information or confirmation requested in a notice under regulation 6(5) or paragraph 3(1) of the Schedule within the 5-day period starting with the date on which the notice was given;

(b)an expression of interest is withdrawn by an electricity generator after the date on which the generator’s statement of confirmation in respect of the generating station was submitted;

(c)an electricity generator fails to enter into a BPPA within 3 days of receiving a copy of the BPPA which was signed by a licensed supplier and sent to the generator under paragraph 5(6)(c), 7(3)(b), 9(5)(c) or 11(4)(b) of the Schedule; and

(d)a BPPA is terminated by the OLR in exercise of a right of termination under the BPPA in favour of the OLR, where the circumstances specified in regulation 6(6)(d)(i) or (ii) apply in respect of the exercise of that right of termination.

(2) The Authority must also maintain—

(a)a list of each BPPA which has been entered into between an eligible generator and an OLR;

(b)a statement of the unique identifier for the relevant contract to which the eligible generator was a party at the time that the BPPA was entered into;

(c)a statement of the management fee which is payable to the OLR under the BPPA, expressed as an amount for each megawatt hour of electricity purchased by the OLR; and

(d)a statement of the date notified to the Authority by the OLR in accordance with relevant supply licence conditions as being the date on which the BPPA commenced.

(3) The Authority must make any record, list or statement maintained by it under paragraph (1) or (2) available for inspection by members of the public in a legible form at such times and in such place or places as the Authority may determine.

(4) The Authority must maintain and publish records of the standard terms which are issued, revised or amended under regulation 3 and the date on or by reference to which any such term, revision or amendment applies.

(5) In paragraph (2)(b), the “unique identifier” of a relevant contract is—

(a)in relation to a contract for difference under Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Act, the unique identifier assigned to the contract by the CFD counterparty under regulation 12(2)(a) of the Contracts for Difference (Standard Terms) Regulations 2014(1);

(b)in relation to an investment contract within the meaning of Schedule 2 to the Act, the name specified in the contract by which the project to which the contract relates is known or any unique identifier assigned to the contract by a person to whom property, rights or liabilities under the contract are transferred by a scheme made under paragraph 16 of Schedule 2 to the Act.

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