The Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012

PART 8Functions of the Secretary of State

FIT deployment data

36.  The Secretary of State must determine and publish data in accordance with Schedule 2.

Deemed exports

37.—(1) The Secretary of State must determine in respect of each FIT year the amount of electricity deemed to be exported by accredited FIT installations with a total installed capacity of 30 kilowatts or less where the amount of electricity exported by such installations is not measured by an export meter.

(2) The amount under paragraph (1) must be expressed as a percentage of the amount of electricity shown on the generation meter of the accredited FIT installation.

(3) Different percentages may apply to different categories of accredited FIT installation.

(4) The determination of a percentage under paragraph (1) must be based on an estimate of the proportion of electricity generated by the category of installation that would be exported.

(5) The Secretary of State must publish a determination under paragraph (1) not less than one month before the beginning of the FIT year to which it relates.

Determinations relating to levelisation

38.—(1) The Secretary of State must determine in respect of each FIT year—

(a)the value to FIT licensees, in pence per kilowatt hour, of deemed exports for the purpose of calculating the net deemed export payments of FIT licensees;

(b)the value to FIT licensees, in pence per kilowatt hour, of exported electricity for the purpose of calculating the net metered export payments of FIT licensees; and

(c)the costs of licensees which constitute qualifying FIT costs.

(2) The Secretary of State must publish a determination under paragraph (1) not less than one month before the beginning of the FIT year to which it relates.