PART 4Issue and revocation of ROCs
Issue of ROCs to generators and suppliers18
1
The Authority is to issue ROCs.
2
Subject to paragraphs (3) to (5) and article 19, the Authority is to issue a ROC to the operator of the generating station by which the electricity to which the ROC relates was generated.
3
Where electricity—
a
is required to be generated by a generating station from renewable sources under a NFFO arrangement, or
b
in compliance with such an arrangement, is required to be made available to the nominated person,
ROCs are to be issued as set out in paragraphs (4) and (5).
4
Where by virtue of the NFFO arrangement the nominated person is entitled to the electricity, ROCs are to be issued to electricity suppliers notified to the Authority by the nominated person as being purchasers of the electricity and to each in such numbers as are appropriate to the amount of the electricity which the nominated person notifies the Authority each has purchased (subject to the total number of ROCs available to be issued in respect of the electricity).
5
Where electricity suppliers are entitled to electricity under a NFFO arrangement, ROCs are to be issued to those electricity suppliers, each in proportion to its entitlement.
6
In this article, “nominated person” has the same meaning as it has in the Electricity from Non-Fossil Fuel Sources Saving Arrangements Order 2000 M1.