http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2782/article/27The Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseELECTRICITY2026-02-09Expert Participation2026-01-30 This Order, which applies to Great Britain, revokes and remakes with amendments the Feed-in Tariffs (Specified Maximum Capacity and Functions) Order 2010 (“the 2010 Order”). PART 6271Before the Authority calculates annual levelisation payments under article 26, it must determine in relation to each licensee—athe FIT contribution (if any);bthe adjusted FIT contribution;cthe market share; anddthe market share FIT contribution,of the licensee for the FIT Year.2The FIT contribution of a licensee (“A”) in respect of a FIT year is the sum of the following payments made and incurred by A during that FIT year—ageneration payments;b. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cnet deemed export payments; ...dqualifying FIT costs ; andefor FIT year 10 and each subsequent FIT year, net metered export payments.3The adjusted FIT contribution of A in respect of a FIT year is A's FIT contribution (if any) adjusted by—aadding the amounts of any periodic levelisation payments and mutualisation payments made by A in respect of that FIT year; andbsubtracting the amounts of any periodic levelisation payments and mutualisation distributions”; and received by A in respect of that FIT year.4The market share of A in a FIT year means A’s relevant amount of electricity in that FIT year, expressed as a percentage of the electricity supply market of Great Britain.5The market share FIT contribution of A in respect of a FIT year is the sum of the FIT contributions of all licensees for that FIT year multiplied by the market share of A in that FIT year.6In this article— “the capped amount of qualifying renewable electricity” is calculated in accordance with article 27A;“customer” has the same meaning as in the standard conditions of electricity supply licences; “EII excluded electricity” means electricity which—constitutes EII excluded electricity within the meaning of regulation 6(1)of the Electricity Supplier Obligations (Amendment & Excluded Electricity) Regulations 2015; andis supplied on or after—1st April 2019, where the Secretary of State is satisfied on or before 31st March 2019 that its deduction as set out in the definition of “relevant amount of electricity” would not breach the law relating to state aid; orwhere the Secretary of State is not so satisfied on or before 31st March 2019, the first day of the first month following the day on which the Secretary of State is so satisfied; “the electricity supply market of Great Britain” means—for all FIT years up to and including FIT year 6, the amount of electricity supplied by all licensees to customers in Great Britain less the amount of electricity so supplied that is sourced from renewable resources and generated outside the United Kingdom; ...for FIT years 7 to 9, the amount of electricity supplied by all licensees to customers in Great Britain less any qualifying renewable electricity; for FIT year 10 and each subsequent FIT year, the total of all licensees’ relevant amount of electricity; “net deemed export payments” means deemed export payments made by a FIT licensee, less the value of deemed exports to the licensee as determined by the Secretary of State under article 38(1)(a), apportioned to the licensee in accordance with the market share of the licensee; “net metered export payments” means payments made to a FIT generator or nominated recipient by a FIT licensee in respect of metered exported electricity from an accredited FIT installation, less the value of the export to the licensee as calculated in accordance with the determination of the Secretary of State under article 38(1)(f);...“qualifying FIT costs” means the reasonable costs of a licensee incurred as a result of the FIT scheme (excluding the cost of FIT payments), as determined by the Secretary of State under article 38(1)(c); and “qualifying renewable electricity” is electricity which is—produced from renewable sources (as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Electricity (Guarantees of Origin of Electricity Produced from Renewable Energy Sources) Regulations 2003);generated in a member State of the European Union ...; andgenerated by a generating installation which—had a capacity equal to or less than the specified maximum capacity; andbecame operational on or after 1st April 2010; “relevant amount of electricity” in relation to A means—for all FIT years up to and including FIT year 6, the amount of electricity supplied by A to customers in Great Britain, less the amount of any electricity so supplied that is sourced from renewable sources and generated outside the United Kingdom;for FIT years 7 to 9, the amount of electricity supplied by A to customers in Great Britain, less A’s capped amount of qualifying renewable electricity for that FIT year;subject to paragraph (d), for FIT years 10 to 13, the amount of electricity supplied by A to customers in Great Britain, less—the amount of electricity supplied by A that is EII excluded electricity for that FIT year; andA’s capped amount of qualifying renewable electricity for that FIT year; ...for FIT years 10 to 13, where the calculation in paragraph (c) results in an amount that is less than zero, nil electricity; and for FIT year 14 and each subsequent FIT year, the amount of electricity supplied by A to customers in Great Britain, less the amount of electricity supplied by A that is EII excluded electricity for that FIT year.Art. 27(2)(b) omitted (1.7.2013) by virtue of The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1099), arts. 1, 6(2)Words in art. 27(3)(a) added (1.7.2013) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1099), arts. 1, 6(3)(a)Words in art. 27(3)(b) added (1.7.2013) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1099), arts. 1, 6(3)(b)Words in art. 27(6) omitted (1.7.2013) by virtue of The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1099), arts. 1, 6(3)(c)Words in art. 27(2) substituted (15.1.2016) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2045), arts. 1, 18(2) (with art. 24)Words in art. 27(6) substituted (15.1.2016) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2045), arts. 1, 18(3)(a)(i) (with art. 24)Words in art. 27(6) inserted (15.1.2016) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2045), arts. 1, 18(3)(b) (with art. 24)Words in art. 27(6) inserted (15.1.2016) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2045), arts. 1, 18(3)(c) (with art. 24)Art. 27(2)(e) inserted (1.2.2019) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Closure, etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1380), arts. 1, 13(2)(c)Words in art. 27(6) inserted (1.2.2019) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Closure, etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1380), arts. 1, 13(4)(a)Word in art. 27(6) omitted (1.2.2019) by virtue of The Feed-in Tariffs (Closure, etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1380), arts. 1, 13(4)(b)(i)Words in art. 27(6) substituted (1.2.2019) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Closure, etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1380), arts. 1, 13(4)(b)(ii)Words in art. 27(6) inserted (1.2.2019) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Closure, etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1380), arts. 1, 13(4)(b)(iii)Words in art. 27(6) substituted (1.2.2019) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Closure, etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1380), arts. 1, 13(4)(c)Words in art. 27(6) inserted (1.2.2019) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Closure, etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1380), arts. 1, 13(4)(d)Words in art. 27(6) substituted (1.2.2019) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Closure, etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1380), arts. 1, 13(4)(e)Word in art. 27(2)(c) omitted (1.2.2019) by virtue of The Feed-in Tariffs (Closure, etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1380), arts. 1, 13(2)(a)Word in art. 27(2)(d) inserted (1.2.2019) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Closure, etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1380), arts. 1, 13(2)(b)Words in art. 27(4) substituted (1.2.2019) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Closure, etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1380), arts. 1, 13(3)Words in art. 27(6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Feed-in Tariffs and Contracts for Difference (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1092), regs. 1, 2; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in art. 27(6) substituted (1.4.2023) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/127), arts. 1, 2(2)(a)(i)Word in art. 27(6) omitted (1.4.2023) by virtue of The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/127), arts. 1, 2(2)(a)(ii)Words in art. 27(6) substituted (1.4.2023) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/127), arts. 1, 2(2)(b)(i)Word in art. 27(6) inserted (1.4.2023) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/127), arts. 1, 2(2)(b)(ii)Words in art. 27(6) inserted (1.4.2023) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/127), arts. 1, 2(2)(c)