The Energy Act 2004 (Assistance for Areas with High Distribution Costs) (Amendment) Order 2023

Article 3

Schedule 1 Modifications to licences granted to authorised suppliers

1.  Condition 15 (assistance for areas with high distribution costs scheme: payments to System Operator)(1) of the standard conditions of the licences of authorised suppliers is modified as follows.

2.  In paragraph 15.3 (licensee’s duty to pay), omit “, and from the Shetland pence per kWh tariff,”.

3.  In paragraph 15.9 (definitions), omit the definition of “Shetland pence per kWh tariff”.

(1)

Condition 15 replaced Condition 30B, which was inserted into the standard conditions of licences of authorised suppliers by S.I. 2005/528. Condition 30B was omitted by Modification 177 of the “Modification of the Standard Conditions of the Electricity Supply Licence under Section 11A of the Electricity Act 1989” made by the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority with effect on and from 1 August 2007 (the 2007 Modification”), and Condition 15 was inserted by Modification 360 of the 2007 Modification. The 2007 Modification is available at: https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/13307-notice-modification-standard-condition-electricity-supply-licence-under-section-11a-electricity-act-1989. Condition 15 was modified by S.I. 2020/146.There are other modifications to Condition 15 not relevant to this instrument.