The Green Gas Support Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Amendment to regulation 27 (periodic support payments to participants)

15.  In regulation 27—

(a) for paragraph (2), substitute—

“(2) In this regulation, “eligible biomethane” means the amount in kWh of all biomethane or the notified proportion of biomethane injected in a quarter determined in accordance with the following formula—

where—

(a) C is the lower of—

(i) the amount in kWh of all biomethane or the notified proportion of biomethane injected in that quarter, and

(ii) the amount in kWh of biomethane the participant is entitled to supply for injection in that quarterly period under the network entry agreement,

provided that the sum of the values for C in respect of a scheme year may not exceed the sum of the kWh equivalent of the maximum initial capacity specified under regulation 6(3) (determination of application for registration) and any maximum additional capacity specified under regulation 8 (additional capacity for biomethane production),

(b) D is the amount of propane in kWh contained in C,

(c) E is—

(i) the heat in kWhth delivered in the relevant quarter to every anaerobic digester which produced the biogas from which the biomethane is made, except any heat contained in feedstock used to produce that biogas, or derived from the combustion of that biogas, or derived from a registered eligible heat pump, or

(ii) such proportion (as may be chosen by the participant and agreed by the Authority) of that heat provided that the proportion is no less than—

where—

(aa) X is the energy content of the biogas contained in biomethane, and

(bb) Y is the energy content of all the biogas produced by that anaerobic digester,

(d) F is the amount in kWhth of heat supplied to the biomethane production process in that quarter from any heat source, other than heat generated from the combustion of biogas produced in every anaerobic digester that produced the biogas from which the biomethane is made, or derived from a registered eligible heat pump,

(e) G is, the total amount in kWh of electricity supplied to a registered eligible heat pump in that quarter, and

(f) H is, subject to regulation 9(6) and paragraph (8), the proportion of biomass contained in the feedstock used in that quarter to produce that biogas.”;

(b) after paragraph (10), insert—

“(11) In this regulation—

“registered eligible heat pump” means an eligible heat pump that is registered by the Authority under regulation 8A.”.