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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-community-energy-saving-programme-order-2009/article-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111481929",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Community Energy Saving Programme) Order 2009",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Definition of generator",
  "text": "(1) A person is a generator if that person holds a generation licence and satisfies paragraph (2).\n(2) A person must have generated a mean of 10 TWh/yr or more of electricity in any of the generation periods.\n(3) A person generates electricity at a generation plant throughout a generation period where that person holds the generation licence for that plant on the final 31st December of that generation period.\n(4) Where a company holds a generation licence and belongs to a group of companies and the mean of electricity generated by the group of companies in a generation period is 10 TWh/yr or more, each company in the group with a generation licence satisfies paragraph (2).\n(5) A new generator is a generator who satisfies paragraph (2) in respect of a generation period other than generation period one.\n(6) In this article—\n(a) “generation plant” means a place in Great Britain, in the territorial sea adjacent to Great Britain or in a Renewable Energy Zone where electricity is generated; and\n(b) “Renewable Energy Zone” has the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Energy Act 2004.",
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      "text": "2004 c.20."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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