The Renewables Obligation Order 2015

Provision of information to determine whether a supplier is discharging its renewables obligation E+W

79.—(1) Without prejudice to article 78, the Authority may, by the date (if any) specified by it, require a designated electricity supplier to provide it with information which in its opinion is relevant to the question whether the supplier is discharging, or has discharged, its renewables obligation.

(2) Without prejudice to paragraph (1) and article 78, each designated electricity supplier must provide the Authority with—

(a) estimates of the amount of electricity it has supplied to customers in England and Wales during each month of an obligation period by no later than the 1st June following that period;

(b) figures showing the amount of electricity it has actually supplied to customers in England and Wales during each month of an obligation period by no later than the 1st July following that period;F1 ...

[F2 (ba) estimates of the amount of EII excluded electricity it has supplied to customers in England and Wales during each month—

(i) of an obligation period beginning on or after 1st April 2019; or

(ii) in respect of which a revised obligation level applies in accordance with article 13B(7) or (8),

by no later than the 1st June following that period;

(bb) figures showing the amount of EII excluded electricity it has actually supplied to customers in England and Wales during each month—

(i) of an obligation period beginning on or after 1st April 2019; or

(ii) in respect of which a revised obligation level applies in accordance with article 13B(7) or (8),

by no later than the 1st July following that period; and]

(c) an estimate of the number of UK ROCs it believes it would be required to produce to the Authority in order to discharge its renewables obligation for an obligation period if it did not discharge its renewables obligation for that period (in whole or in part) by some other means by no later than the 1st July following that period.

(3) When giving the information referred to in paragraph (2)(a) and (b), a designated electricity supplier must have regard to any sales figures relating to the electricity in respect of which it is giving that information which it has provided (or intends to provide) to [F3 the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero] for publication in “Energy Trends”M1 .

(4) Information requested under or required to be provided by this article must be given to the Authority in whatever form it requires.

(5) Any information provided to the Authority under this article must be provided to the Secretary of State at the same time.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in art. 79(2) omitted (15.12.2017) by virtue of The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) (Energy Intensive Industries) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1289), arts. 1(1), 9

F2 Art. 79(2)(ba)(bb) inserted (15.12.2017) by The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) (Energy Intensive Industries) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1289), arts. 1(1), 9

F3 Words in art. 79(3) substituted (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 62 (with art. 17)

Marginal Citations

M1 ‘Energy trends’ is a quarterly bulletin published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change containing statistics on major aspects of energy in the UK.