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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-infrastructure-planning-electricity-storage-facilities-order-2020/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2020/9780348209846",
  "legislation_title": "The Infrastructure Planning (Electricity Storage Facilities) Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-infrastructure-planning-electricity-storage-facilities-order-2020",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Planning Act 2008;\n“electricity storage facility” means a facility which generates electricity from energy that—\n(a) was converted from electricity by that facility, and\n(b) is stored within that facility for the purpose of its future reconversion into electricity;\n“exempt electricity storage facility” means an electricity storage facility which is not a pumped hydroelectric storage facility;\n“pumped hydroelectric storage facility” means an electricity storage facility that stores the gravitational potential energy of water that has been pumped to a higher level so that its return to a lower level can be used to generate electricity.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:49:24.501867+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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