Regulation 3 “Providing electricity”; “reducing demand for electricity”; “electricity supplier”

(1)

For the purposes of section 27 of the Act—

(a)

“providing electricity” means providing any metered electrical output by a generating unit, and includes, in particular, providing such output by a generating unit which forms part of a storage facility; and

(b)

“reducing demand for electricity” means—

(i)

providing demand side response; or

(ii)

permanent electricity demand reduction.

(2)

For the purposes of section 28(3) of the Act and these Regulations, “electricity supplier” means a person supplying electricity to customers in Great Britain under a licence granted or treated as granted under section 6(1)(d) of EA 1989^f1.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 6(1)(d) of EA 1989 was substituted by section 30 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27). Other amendments have been made to section 6 which are not relevant.