PART 1Introductory
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Smart Export Guarantee Order 2019.
(2) This article and articles 2 and 5 come into force on 1st October 2019.
(3) Otherwise, this Order comes into force on 1st January 2020.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order—
“SEG licensee” means a person who is a holder of a licence under section 6(1)(d) of the Electricity Act 1989(1) and, immediately prior to the current SEG year, submitted a notification to the Authority(2) that it will be a SEG licensee for that SEG year;
“Standard Licence Condition 57” means the condition so numbered in the standard conditions incorporated in licences granted under section 6(1)(d) of the Energy Act 1989 by virtue of section 8A of that Act(3).
(2) In this Order the following expressions have the meanings given to them in Schedule A to Standard Licence Condition 57—
“AD installation”;
“AD reporting start date”;
“anaerobic digestion”;
“eligible installation”;
“export tariff”;
“mandatory SEG licensee”;
“SEG”;
“SEG generator”;
“SEG payments”
“SEG year” and “first SEG year”;
“total installed capacity”;
“voluntary SEG licensee”.
1989 c.29. Section 6(1)(d) was amended by S.I. 2012/2400. Other amendments have been made to section 6, but those amendments are not relevant.
“The Authority” is defined in section 41(4) of the Energy Act 2008 as the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority.
The standard conditions are incorporated into electricity supply licences by virtue of section 8A of the Electricity Act 1989 Act. Section 8A was inserted by section 33 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27) and has been amended, but those amendments are not relevant.