C5C7C10C3C4 Part I ELECTRICITY SUPPLY

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3

Pt. I (ss. 1-64) applied (1.10.2001) by S.I. 2001/3264, regs. 4(2), 5(2)

C4

Pt. I (ss. 1-64) amended (E.W.) (27.10.2000) by S.I. 2000/2727, art. 10

Pt. I (ss. 1-64) amended (7.11.2000) by 2000 c. 27, s. 105(1)(a); S.I. 2000/2974, art. 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-12)

Pt. I (ss. 1-64) amended (E.W.) (1.10.2001) by S.I. 2000/2727, art. 10 (as substituted (1.10.2001) by S.I. 2001/3268, art. 2(13))

Licensing of supply etc.

C1C6C9F16 Licences authorising supply, etc.

C21

The Authority may grant any of the following licences—

a

a licence authorising a person to generate electricity for the purpose of giving a supply to any premises or enabling a supply to be so given (“a generation licence”);

F2b

a licence authorising a person to participate in the transmission of electricity for that purpose (“a transmission licence”);

c

a licence authorising a person to distribute electricity for that purpose (“a distribution licence”); F9...

d

a licence authorising a person to supply electricity to premises (“a supply licence”) F13...

F8e

a licence authorising a person to participate in the operation of an electricity interconnector (“an interconnector licence”)F14; or

f

C8subject to subsection (1C), a licence authorising a person to provide a smart meter communication service (“a smart meter communication licence”).

F111A

Subject to subsection (1B), the Secretary of State may grant a smart meter communication licence.

1B

The Secretary of State may not grant a smart meter communication licence after 1 November 2018.

1C

The first smart meter communication licence may only be granted by the Secretary of State.

2

The same person may not be the holder of both a distribution licence and F10—

a

a generation licence; or

b

a supply licence.

F62A

The same person may not be the holder of an interconnector licence and the holder of a licence falling within any of paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (1).

F122B

A person may not be granted a smart meter communication licence unless the same person is at the same time granted a licence under section 7AB of the Gas Act 1986.

3

A supply licence may authorise the holder to supply electricity—

a

to any premises;

b

only to premises specified in the licence, or to premises of a description so specified; or

c

only to any premises situated in a specified area, or to premises of a specified description which are so situated.

4

The Authority may, with the consent of the holder of a supply licence, modify terms included in the licence in pursuance of subsection (3) so as to extend or restrict the premises to which the licence holder may give a supply of electricity.

5

A distribution licence may authorise the holder to distribute electricity in any area, or only in an area specified in the licence.

6

The Authority may, with the consent of the holder of a distribution licence, modify terms included in the licence in pursuance of subsection (5) so as to extend or restrict the area within which the licence holder may distribute electricity.

F36A

A transmission licence may authorise the holder to participate in the transmission of electricity in any area, or only in an area specified in the licence.

6B

The Authority may, with the consent of the holder of a transmission licence, modify terms included in the licence in pursuance of subsection (6A) above.

F76C

An interconnector licence authorising participation in the operation of an electricity interconnector—

a

must specify the interconnector or interconnectors in relation to which participation is authorised; and

b

may limit the forms of participation in the operation of an interconnector which are authorised by the licence.

F176D

The Authority may, with the consent of a relevant licensee nuclear company (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Nuclear Energy (Financing) Act 2022 (nuclear energy generation projects: regulated asset base model)), modify terms included in the company’s generation licence.

F47

A licence, and any modification of a licence under subsection (4), (6) F18, (6B) or (6D), shall be in writing.

8

A licence shall, unless previously revoked in accordance with any term of the licence, continue in force for such period as may be specified in or determined by or under the licence.

9

In this Part—

  • F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • “electricity distributor” means any person who is authorised by a distribution licence to distribute electricity except where he is acting otherwise than for purposes connected with the carrying on of activities authorised by the licence;

  • F15...

  • “electricity supplier” means any person who is authorised by a supply licence to supply electricity except where he is acting otherwise than for purposes connected with the carrying on of activities authorised by the licence.

F1610

In this section “premises” has the same meaning as in section 4.