{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-renewable-heat-incentive-scheme-closure-regulations-northern-ireland-2026/regulation-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-renewable-heat-incentive-scheme-closure-regulations-northern-ireland-2026/regulation-14.json",
  "legislation": "nidsr/2026/9780338026613",
  "legislation_title": "The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Closure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-renewable-heat-incentive-scheme-closure-regulations-northern-ireland-2026",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Cap on annual closure payment (small and medium biomass installations)",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies in respect of installations of a type set out in Table 2 of Schedule 1.\n(2) No annual closure payment is to be made in respect of any deemed production of heat beyond 400,000kWhth.\n(3) Deemed heat production is—\nC x LF x 8,760\nwhere—\n(a) C is the capacity of the installation in kWth,\n(b) LF is the load factor, as a percentage,\n(c) 8,760 is the number of hours in a year.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2026/9780338026613/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:39:52.364958+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}