# The Green Gas Support Scheme Regulations 2021, Regulation 20: Expenditure forecast statement and tariff change notice


(1) The Secretary of State must publish a statement in accordance with this regulation (“an expenditure forecast statement”).
(2) The expenditure forecast statement must be published by 1st March, 1st June, 1st September and 1st December in each scheme year, beginning with 1st March 2022.
(3) For that purpose the Secretary of State must determine the forecast for expenditure in relation to relevant producers, as at the assessment date immediately preceding the date on which the expenditure forecast statement is to be published (“the latest assessment date”).
(4) An expenditure forecast statement must set out the forecast for expenditure in relation to relevant producers, as at the latest assessment date.
(5) If the new initial tariff will be different from the former initial tariff—
(a) as a result of a forecast referred to in paragraph (3), and by virtue of regulation 22(2) (calculation of initial tariffs and tariff review), or
(b) by virtue of regulation 22(4),
the Secretary of State must publish with the expenditure forecast statement a notice (a “tariff change notice”) setting out the new initial tariff and the date on which it will take effect.
(6) For the purposes of paragraph (5)—
(a) “new initial tariff” means the initial tariff for biomethane produced for injection, having a tariff start date which falls within the next quarter, and
(b) “former initial tariff” means the initial tariff that would have been applicable to the biomethane produced for injection if the tariff start date had fallen on the day immediately preceding the commencement of that quarter.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348227284/regulation/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-green-gas-support-scheme-regulations-2021/regulation-20
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