The Green Gas Support Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Regulation 8A inserted (registration of eligible heat pumps)

8.  After regulation 8, insert—

“Registration of eligible heat pumps

8A.— (1) An applicant or participant who is using an air source heat pump, or a ground source heat pump in the production of biomethane, may apply to the Authority to have that heat pump registered as an eligible heat pump.

(2) An application for registration under paragraph (1) must be in writing and supported by—

(a) such of the information specified in Schedule 1A (information required for registration of an eligible heat pump) as the Authority may require,

(b) a declaration that no grant from public funds has been paid, or will be paid, in respect of any costs of the purchase, installation, or operation of the heat pump, and

(c) a declaration that the information provided by the applicant or participant is accurate to the best of the applicant’s or participant’s knowledge and belief.

(3) Upon receiving an application under paragraph (1) the Authority must—

(a) determine whether the heat pump meets the criteria for an eligible heat pump,

(b) if satisfied that the heat pump does meet the criteria for an eligible heat pump, register that heat pump as an eligible heat pump, and

(c) notify the applicant or participant (as appropriate), in writing, of the Authority’s determination.

(4) Where the Authority determines that the heat pump does not meet the criteria to be registered as an eligible heat pump, it must provide reasons for the Authority’s determination.

(5) A deduction for heat derived from an eligible heat pump under regulation 27(2)(c)(i) and 27(2)(d), and electricity supplied to an eligible heat pump under regulation 27(2)(e) cannot be applied before the date of receipt by the Authority of the application under paragraph (1) in which, in the Authority’s opinion, all the information required in respect of that application has been provided.

(6) The Authority may review a registration of an eligible heat pump, and where the Authority determines that a heat pump that is registered as an eligible heat pump—

(a) did not meet the criteria for an eligible heat pump at the time of the Authority’s determination under paragraph (3), or

(b) no longer meets the criteria for an eligible heat pump,

the Authority must remove the registration of that heat pump as an eligible heat pump.

(7) Where the Authority makes a determination under paragraph (6), it must notify the participant in writing within 28 days of making the determination, and it must provide reasons for the Authority’s determination.

(8) In this regulation—

“eligible heat pump” means an air source heat pump, or a ground source heat pump (which may or may not use a shared ground loop system), or both, that—

(a)

was first commissioned on or after 1 April 2023,

(b)

is fitted with an electricity meter capable of measuring the electricity supplied to the heat pump,

(c)

has been granted necessary planning permission,

(d)

has not had a grant from public funds paid in respect of any of the costs of the purchase, installation, or operation of the heat pump, and

(e)

is not powered by, or does not derive heat from a fossil fuel, gas or oil boiler;

“grant from public funds” means a grant made by a public authority or by any person distributing funds on behalf of a public authority, except for a grant that offers a discount on the unit price of electricity.”.