Regulation 14 Excluded applicationsI1
England, Wales and Scotland
F1Subject to regulation 14ZA (decommissioning), an eligible generator may not make an application under this Part where the application is excluded under any of the following paragraphs (“an excluded application”).
No application may be made in respect of a CFD unit where the unit is—
a generating station connected to a complete CCS system F2or is to be altered to be a generating station connected to a complete CCS system; or
a nuclear power station.
No application may be made in respect of a CFD unit where the CFD unit is—
to be established as a hydro generating station; and
to have a generating capacity of 5 megawatts or less.
No application may be made in respect of a CFD unit where—
the CFD unit uses or is to use as its source of energy—
gas formed by the anaerobic digestion of material which is not landfill gas or sewage gas;
solar radiation when captured by a photovoltaic array; or
wind, other than in respect of an offshore wind CFD unit; and
in the case of a CFD unit described in sub-paragraph (a) which is to be established, it is to have a generating capacity of 5 megawatts or less.
Subject to paragraph (7), no application may be made in respect of a CFD unit where the CFD unit—
is or is to be an offshore wind CFD unit; and
is to be established or altered in phases of construction.
Paragraph (6) does not apply to a phased offshore wind CFD unit.
No application may be made in respect of a CFD unit where the CFD unit is or is to be situated wholly or partially—
in Northern Ireland; or
in waters in or adjacent to Northern Ireland which are between the mean low water mark and the seaward limits of the territorial sea.
No application may be made in respect of a CFD unit to be altered where funding has been given in respect of that unit under any of the non-fossil fuel orders.
No application may be made in respect of a CFD unit in relation to which—
a CFD applies;
a capacity agreement applies; or
an application for a capacity agreement has been made but has not been determined.
For the purposes of paragraph (10)(c)—
an application for a capacity agreement has been made when an application is made for prequalification in accordance with the Electricity Capacity Regulations 2014 and capacity market rules made under Chapter 3 of Part 2 of the Energy Act 2013 (“CM rules”); and
an application for a capacity agreement has been determined when, in accordance with the Electricity Capacity Regulations 2014 and CM rules, it is no longer possible to obtain a capacity agreement as a consequence of that application.
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No application may be made in respect of a CFD unit unless—
where the CFD unit is or is to be part only of a generating station, the electricity to be generated by the CFD unit is metered separately from the electricity generated by the other part of the generating station or any other generating station;
where sub-paragraph (a) does not apply, the electricity to be generated by the CFD unit is metered separately from the electricity generated by any other generating station.
No application may be made in respect of a CFD unit to which an investment contract applies.
The F7contract allocation framework may, in respect of an allocation round to which it applies, set out further descriptions of applications which may not be made in that round.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 14(1) substituted (14.1.2025) by The Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/25), regs. 1(2), 3(2)
- F2
Words in reg. 14(2)(a) inserted (21.6.2022) by The Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/691), regs. 1(1), 3(2)
- F3
Word in reg. 14(5) substituted (25.6.2021) by The Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/758), regs. 1(1), 19(a)
- F4
Words in reg. 14(5) substituted (20.7.2016) by The Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/784), regs. 1(1), 6(a)
- F5
Reg. 14(10)(10A) substituted for reg. 14(10) (20.7.2016) by The Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/784), regs. 1(1), 6(b)
- F6
Reg. 14(11) omitted (25.6.2021) by virtue of The Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/758), regs. 1(1), 19(b)
- F7
Words in reg. 14(14) substituted (13.6.2024) by The Contracts for Difference (Sustainable Industry Rewards) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/710), regs. 1(1), 16
Commencement
- I1
Reg. 14 in force at 1.8.2014, see reg. 1(1)