The Electricity (Applications for Licences and Extensions of Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

2.  An outline statement of the business proposals, for that business of the applicant to which the application relates, for the next five years, which includes:

(a)particulars of the person or persons from whom the applicant intends to acquire the electricity which he will supply, and particulars of the arrangements made for the transmission and distribution of that electricity and approximate number and expected maximum demand of customers;

(b)the total number of premises to be supplied, giving a breakdown for each type of customer, eg, industrial, commercial, etc.;

(c)forecast annual maximum demand (MW) and energy (GWh) to be supplied giving a breakdown for the demand of, and energy to be supplied to, each type of customer, eg, industrial, commercial, etc.;

(d)annual forecasts of costs, sales and revenues and project financing stating the assumptions underlying the figures provided;

(e)detailed map or maps to a scale sufficient to show clearly—

(i)the situation of those premises to be supplied;

(ii)the distribution system about 11kV (and, where necessary to indicate the extent of the system, down to 6.6 kV), showing overhead lines, cable routes and associated substations; and

(iii)which lines, cables and substations are to be constructed and which are already in existence;

(f)single line diagram of the distribution system showing what is to be constructed and what is already in existence; and

(g)where the applicant is applying for an extension the annual quantity of electricity supplied by the applicant under all existing licences.