The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2015

Amendments to levelisation

18.—(1) Article 27 (calculation of FIT contributions, etc) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (2), for “payments made and costs incurred”, substitute “payments made and incurred”.

(3) In paragraph (6)—

(a) for the definition of—

(i) “the electricity supply market of Great Britain”, substitute—

““the electricity supply market of Great Britain” means—

(a)

for all FIT years up to and including FIT year 6, the amount of electricity supplied by all licensees to customers in Great Britain less the amount of electricity so supplied that is sourced from renewable resources and generated outside the United Kingdom; and

(b)

for FIT year 7 and subsequent FIT years, the amount of electricity supplied by all licensees to customers in Great Britain less any qualifying renewable electricity;”; and

(ii) “the relevant amount of electricity supplied by A”, substitute—

““the relevant amount of electricity supplied by A” means—

(a)

for all FIT years up to and including FIT year 6, the amount of electricity supplied by A to customers in Great Britain, less the amount of any electricity so supplied that is sourced from renewable sources and generated outside the United Kingdom; and

(b)

for FIT year 7 and each subsequent FIT year, the amount of electricity supplied by A to customers in Great Britain, less A’s capped amount of qualifying renewable electricity for that FIT year;”;

(b) before the definition of “customer”, insert—

““the capped amount of qualifying renewable electricity” is calculated in accordance with article 27A;”;

(c) after the definition of “qualifying FIT costs”, insert—

““qualifying renewable electricity” is electricity which is—

(a)

produced from renewable sources (as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Electricity (Guarantees of Origin of Electricity Produced from Renewable Energy Sources) Regulations 2003(1));

(b)

generated in a member State of the European Union other than the United Kingdom; and

(c)

generated by a generating installation which—

(i)

had a capacity equal to or less than the specified maximum capacity; and

(ii)

became operational on or after 1st April 2010;”.

(1)

S.I. 2003/2562 as amended by S.I. 2010/2715.