PART 5RHI payments

Duty to make RHI payments26

1

Subject to Parts 8 and 10, the Authority must make payments, referred to in these Regulations as “RHI payments”, to a participant (“P”) in respect of the heat generated by P’s accredited domestic plant.

2

RHI payments accrue for seven years from the tariff start date.

3

The Authority—

a

must calculate the amount of RHI payments in accordance with regulation 27 or 28 and make RHI payments in arrears;

b

may decide on the frequency of any RHI payments.

4

Where—

a

the Authority does not have all of the data it requires to calculate an RHI payment; and

b

is unable to obtain any missing data under regulation 43(4), the Authority may estimate that data in order to make that calculation.