Renewables Obligation Order (Northern Ireland) 2005

Exchange of information with the Great Britain authority

16.—(1) The Authority shall as soon as reasonably practicable after the specified day notify the Great Britain authority of the GBROC identifier of each GBROC produced to it by a designated electricity supplier under Article 9 and the name of the designated electricity supplier which produced that GBROC and as to the total number of GBROCs produced to the Authority under Article 9 in respect of the obligation period to which the specified day relates.

(2) The Authority shall as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving a notification from the Great Britain authority as to the NIROC identifiers of NIROCs produced to it by Great Britain designated suppliers under GBRO Orders inform the Great Britain authority of –

(a) the NIROC identifier of any NIROC so notified which it has revoked under Article 5 and whether it has issued a replacement NIROC under Article 5(3)(b) in respect of any such NIROC;

(b) the NIROC identifier of any NIROC so notified that has also been produced by a designated electricity supplier under Article 3(2) and the date on which it was so produced.

(3) The Authority may conduct enquiries or investigations in respect of whether any electricity which is or may be the subject of a GBROC issued under any provision included in a GBRO Order by virtue of section 32B(2A) of the Electricity Act has been supplied to customers in Northern Ireland and if, as a result of any such enquiry or investigation, the Authority is not satisfied that any such electricity has been so supplied it shall notify the Great Britain authority accordingly.

(4) The Authority shall as soon as reasonably practicable after the specified day notify the Great Britain authority as to the number of NIROCs produced to the Authority under Article 3 by each designated electricity supplier in respect of the obligation period to which the specified day relates.

(5) The Authority shall as soon as reasonably practicable after the specified day notify the Great Britain authority as to –

(a) which designated electricity suppliers have discharged their renewables obligation in full in respect of the obligation period to which the specified day relates; and

(b) which designated electricity suppliers have discharged their renewables obligation in part in respect of the obligation period to which the specified day relates and the amount of electricity covered by all the qualifying certificates that each such designated electricity supplier has produced to the Authority in respect of the obligation period to which the specified day relates.

(6) The Authority shall as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the late payment period notify the Great Britain authority as to –

(a) which designated electricity suppliers are to be treated as having discharged their renewables obligation in full in respect of the obligation period to which the end of the late payment period relates by virtue of Article 17(2); and

(b) which designated electricity suppliers are to be treated as having discharged their renewables obligation in part in respect of the obligation period to which the end of the late payment period relates by virtue of Article 17(3) and the amount of electricity covered by all the qualifying certificates that each such designated electricity supplier has produced to the Authority in respect of the obligation period to which the late payment period relates..