The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2018

Statutory Instruments

2018 No. 896

Electricity, England And Wales

The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2018

Made

19th July 2018

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 32, 32A, 32B, 32C, 32D, 32J and 32K of the Electricity Act 1989(1), makes the following Order.

The Secretary of State has consulted the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority; (in relation to the amendments made by articles 4 and 5) the National Consumer Council(2); (in relation to all other amendments) the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux and the Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux; the electricity suppliers to whom this Order applies; and such generators of electricity from renewable sources and other persons as the Secretary of State considered appropriate in accordance with section 32L(1) of the Electricity Act 1989.

In exercising the power to make provision under section 32D(1) of the Electricity Act 1989, the Secretary of State has had regard to the matters specified in section 32D(4).

In accordance with section 32L(2) of the Electricity Act 1989, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

(1)

1989 c. 29, sections 32 to 32M were substituted by section 37 of the Energy Act 2008 (c. 32) for sections 32 to 32C. Section 32L(1) has been amended by S.I. 2014/631. There are other amendments to sections 32 to 32M which are not relevant.

(2)

The National Consumer Council was abolished by article 2 of S.I. 2014/631. Article 3(1)(b)(ii) of, and Schedule 1 to, that Order transferred the National Consumer Council’s functions under section 32L(1) of the Electricity Act 1989 to the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux and the Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux. Paragraph 28(1) of Schedule 1 to that Order provides: “Nothing in this Order affects the validity of anything done (or having effect as done) by or in relation to the National Consumer Council before the coming into force of articles 2 and 3.”