Regulation 17 Excluded capacity: NER 300 and CCS grant scheme CMUs

The Delivery Body must not prequalify a CMU (“CMU i”) unless the applicant has provided to it, by the close of the prequalification window, a declaration in writing that no relevant grant has been, or will be, paid in respect of CMU i.

In this regulation—

• “relevant grant” means a grant under a relevant scheme, the first payment of which is made, or to be made, within the period of 10 years immediately before the commencement of the delivery period; and

• “relevant scheme” means a scheme of financial assistance provided under—

  1. (a)

     NER 300;

  2. (b)

     section 1(1) of the Energy Act 2010^f1 in respect of a CCS demonstration project within the meaning of that section; or

  3. (c)

     section 5(1) of the Science and Technology Act 1965^f2 to support carbon capture and storage.

In paragraph (2), “NER 300” means the competition established under Article 10a(8) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC^f3.