Regulation 26 Duty to make RHI payments

(1)

Subject to Parts 8 and 10, the Authority must make payments, referred to in these Regulations as “RHI payments”, to a participant (“P”) in respect of the heat generated by P’s accredited domestic plant.

(2)

RHI payments accrue for seven years from the tariff start date.

(3)

The Authority—

(a)

must calculate the amount of RHI payments in accordance with regulation 27 or 28 and make RHI payments in arrears;

(b)

may decide on the frequency of any RHI payments.

(4)

Where—

(a)

the Authority does not have all of the data it requires to calculate an RHI payment; and

(b)

is unable to obtain any missing data under regulation 43(4), the Authority may estimate that data in order to make that calculation.