The Electricity (Applications for Licences and Extensions and Restrictions of Licences) Regulations 2001

PART IV FURTHER INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS TO ACCOMPANY AN APPLICATION IN RESPECT OF A SUPPLY LICENCE(1)

1.  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. (section 6(3) of the Act)

Please specify which of (a), (b) or (c) above is applicable. Provide a sufficient description adequately specifying(2) the premises or a description of the premises and the location of the premises intended to be supplied, and, in the case of application that relates to (c) above, also the specified area. Also state whether the application relates to domestic premises.

2.  For all applications for supply licences, or extensions of such licences, state whether the licence or extension is to authorise the supply of electricity to premises to which it is conveyed by a distributor, and if not give details of any exemption under section 5 of the Act under which the electricity is or will be conveyed to the premises.

3.  Provide a statement of—

(a) approximate number and expected maximum demand of customers for each of next five years;

(b) forecast annual maximum demand (MW) and energy (GWh) to be supplied for each of the next five years; and

(c) where the application is for an extension to a supply licence, the annual quantity of electricity supplied by the applicant under the existing licence(s).

Supply to domestic premises

4.  If the application relates to the supply of electricity to domestic premises—

(a) particulars, where appropriate, of the bond, other instrument or arrangements proposed to be taken out or made by the applicant in accordance with standard condition 33 (Last Resort Supply: Security for Payments);

(b) a draft copy of the scheme proposed to be made by the applicant under paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the Act (Deemed contracts in certain cases);

(c) particulars of the applicant’s proposed arrangements for compliance with the applicable requirements of standard conditions 7 (Duty to Offer Terms for Meter Provision), 16 (Procedures for the Detection and Prevention of Theft or Abstraction of Electricity, Damage and Meter Interference), 17 (Reading and Inspection of Meters), 24 (Code of Practice on Procedures with Respect to Site Access), 25 (Efficient Use of Electricity), 26 (Record of and Report on Performance), 27 (Preparation, Review of and Compliance with Customer Service Codes), 32 (Duty to Supply Domestic Customers), 35 (Code of Practice on Payment of Bills and Guidance for Dealing with Customers in Difficulty), 37 (Provision of Services for Persons who are of Personable Age or Disabled or Chronically Sick), 38 (Provision of Services for Persons who are Blind or Deaf) and 43 (Contractual Terms—Methods of Payment); and

(d) a description of the applicant’s proposed arrangements for compliance with the continuity of supply requirements in regulations made under section 29 of the Act.

Supply of electricity to premises which are not domestic premises

5.  If the application relates to the supply of electricity to any premises which are not domestic premises–

(a) a draft copy of the scheme proposed to be made by the applicant under paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the Act (Deemed contracts in certain cases);

(b) particulars of the applicant’s proposed arrangements for compliance with the applicable requirements of standard conditions 7 (Duty to Offer Terms for Meter Provision) and 16 (Procedures for the Detection and Prevention of Theft or Abstraction of Electricity, Damage and Meter Interference); and

(c) a description of the applicant’s proposed arrangements for compliance with the continuity of supply requirements in regulations made under section 29 of the Act.

Restriction of a supply licence

6.  If the application is for a restriction of a licence—

(a) an estimate of—

(i) the total number of premises to which the applicant supplies electricity at the time of the application and which the applicant would cease to supply if the application were acceded to (“relevant premises”);

(ii) the aggregate maximum demand (MW) which the applicant reasonably expects to be supplied to the relevant premises in the twelve months following the application; and

(iii) the number of premises to which the applicant would supply electricity, and the aggregate maximum demand (MW) which would be supplied to those premises by him, in each of the three years following the coming into effect of the restriction if the application were acceded to; and

(b) unless there are, at the date of the application, no relevant consumers (within the meaning set out in sub-paragraph (c) below) in relation to the applicant, a description of the applicant’s proposed arrangements under standard condition 22A (Restriction or Revocation: Securing Continuity of Supply) for—

(i) ensuring continuity of supply for all such relevant consumers: and

(ii) in the case of each such consumer who is supplied with electricity in pursuance of a contract (which does not include any contract which, by virtue of paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the Act, is deemed to have been made), securing such continuity on the same terms as nearly as may be as the terms of the contract.

(c) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (b), a person is a relevant consumer if—

(i) immediately before the restriction takes effect, he is being supplied with electricity by the holder of the licence; and

(ii) his premises are to be excluded from the licence by the restriction.

(1)

In this Part of this Schedule, if the application is for an extension or restriction of a licence, information and documents need only be given in so far as, in any material respect, they differ from or add to the most recent information or documents which were provided in relation to the same requirement—

(i)

with an application made by the applicant in accordance with these Regulations; or

(ii)

subsequent to such an application in pursuance of a condition of the applicant’s licence.

(2)

The description should enable the areas, location or premises concerned to be adequately and readily identified by map if the applicant so desires or by any other convenient means.