http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/163/article/7/madeThe Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Order 2002Fossil fuelsRenewable energyElectricity supplyEnergy and fuelKing's Printer for Scotland2016-04-27ELECTRICITY This Order is made under section 32-32C of the Electricity Act 1989 and imposes an obligation (“the renewables obligation”) on all electricity suppliers, which are licensed under that Act and which supply electricity in Scotland, to supply to customers in Great Britain specified amounts of electricity generated by using renewable sources. As alternatives, in respect of all or part of an electricity supplier’s renewables obligation, an electricity supplier is permitted to provide evidence that other licensed electricity suppliers have supplied electricity generated using renewable sources instead of it or to make a payment to the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (“the Authority”). Renewable sources include sources of energy such as wind, water, solar and biomass. Alternative way of discharging renewables obligation: payments 7 1 Instead of producing certificates pursuant to article 3, a designated electricity supplier may discharge (in whole or in part) its renewables obligation in relation to a particular obligation period by making a payment to the Authority before the specified day relating to that obligation period. 2 Subject to paragraphs (3) to (5), the payment to be made under paragraph (1) is thirty pounds for each megawatt hour of electricity generated from eligible renewable sources for which the designated electricity supplier does not produce certificates pursuant to article 3(“the buy-out price”). 3 If, in the case of any calendar year beginning with 2002, the annual retail prices index for that year (“the later year”) is higher or lower than that for the previous year, the buy-out price relating to the obligation period beginning on the 1st April following the later year shall be increased (if the index is higher) or decreased (if the index is lower) by the annual percentage inflation rate of the retail prices index for the later year. 4 When the buy-out price is calculated under paragraph (3) the result shall be rounded to the nearest penny (any exact half of a penny being rounded upwards). 5 In this article “the retail prices index” means– a the general index of retail prices (for all items) published by the Office of National Statistics; or b where the index is not published for a year, any substituted index or figures published by that Office.