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13A.—(1) This article applies in respect of an obligation period beginning on or after 1st April 2019.
(2) Before the start of an obligation period to which this article applies, the Secretary of State must estimate, in megawatt hours, the total amount of EII excluded electricity likely to be supplied to customers in Great Britain during that period by designated electricity suppliers and electricity suppliers on whom the renewables obligation has been imposed by an order made under sections 32 to 32M of the Act by Scottish Ministers.
(3) [F2Subject to article 13C,] where the total obligation for the obligation period is calculation A, the number of UK ROCs that a designated electricity supplier is required to produce in order to discharge its renewables obligation is, for each megawatt hour of relevant electricity that it supplies during that period, equal to—
(4) [F3Subject to article 13C,] where the total obligation for the obligation period is calculation B, the number of UK ROCs that a designated electricity supplier is required to produce in order to discharge its renewables obligation is, for each megawatt hour of relevant electricity that it supplies during that period, equal to—
(5) For the purposes of paragraphs (3) and (4)—
(a)C is the estimate made by the Secretary of State under article 8(1) of the total amount of electricity likely to be supplied to customers in Great Britain during the obligation period;
(b)D is the estimate made by the Secretary of State under paragraph (2) of the total amount of EII excluded electricity likely to be supplied to customers in Great Britain during the obligation period; and
(c)E is equal to—
(6) The Secretary of State must publish, by the 1st October preceding the obligation period, the number of UK ROCs that a designated electricity supplier is required to produce in respect of each megawatt hour of relevant electricity that it supplies during that period in order to discharge its renewables obligation for that period.]
Textual Amendments
F1Arts. 13A, 13B inserted (15.12.2017) by The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) (Energy Intensive Industries) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1289), arts. 1(1), 8
F2Words in art. 13A(3) inserted (21.3.2024) by The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) (Energy Intensive Industries) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/403), arts. 1(1), 2(3)
F3Words in art. 13A(4) inserted (21.3.2024) by The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) (Energy Intensive Industries) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/403), arts. 1(1), 2(4)
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