Renewables Obligation Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

Criteria for issue of NIROCs: supplemental

16.—(1) Where a NIROC, if issued, will be issued to a licensed supplier pursuant to Article 14(4), the references in Article 15(4) to the operator of the generating station shall be treated as reference to the Company; but Article 15(4)(c) shall not apply.

(2) The Authority shall not issue a NIROC in respect of any electricity generated by a particular generating station in a particular month if the Great Britain Authority has previously issued a certificate under section 32B of the Electricity Act in respect of any such electricity and whether or not any such certificate previously issued has been revoked.

(3) The Authority may refuse to issue a NIROC in any case where the Authority—

(a) considers that the declaration in Article 15(4) is not accurate and reliable in relation to the electricity in respect of which the Authority is considering issuing the NIROC;

(b) has reason to believe that the electricity in respect of which the Authority is considering issuing the NIROC was consumed in circumstances which resulted in the electricity not having been supplied by an electricity supplier to customers in Northern Ireland; or

(c) is not satisfied that the operator of the generating station has, during the relevant month, complied with any condition to which accreditation of the relevant generating station is subject.

(4) For the purposes of Article 15(3), where information regarding the fuel used by the generating station has originated at a separate location to that of the generating station, in determining whether it is accurate and reliable the Authority may have regard to—

(a) the distance over which the fuel was transported;

(b) conditions under which the fuel was prepared and transported;

(c) the resources required for the Authority to verify the accuracy and reliability of the information; and

(d) such other matters as it considers relevant.