Article 25 Small generators

(1)

This article applies to generating stations with a declared net capacity of 50 kilowatts or less (“sub-50 kilowatt stations”).

(2)

The operator of a sub-50 kilowatt station (or, where SROCs relating to electricity generated by that generating station are issued to an agent by virtue of article 17, that agent and not the operator) may–

(a)

where SROCs have not yet been issued in respect of any electricity generated during the course of an obligation period by that station, during the course of that obligation period; or

(b)

not less than one month before the beginning of any obligation period (“the relevant obligation period”),

give notice in writing to the Authority that the operator’s entitlement to SROCs in respect of electricity generated by that station (“the relevant station”) shall be determined on the basis set out in the remainder of this article.

(3)

Paragraph (4) shall apply–

(a)

where an operator or, as the case may be, agent has given notice as specified in paragraph (2)(a), in the case of the relevant station for the remainder of the obligation period during which the notice was given and subsequent obligation periods; and

(b)

where an operator or, as the case may be, agent has given notice as specified in paragraph (2)(b), in the case of the relevant station for the relevant obligation period and subsequent obligation periods.

(4)

Where this sub-paragraph applies, the reference to “month” in each place where it occurs in articles 6 to 10, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22 and 24 and Schedule 2 shall be taken to be a reference to “obligation period”, subject to the following exceptions–

(a)

in article 16(1) the words “of each month” shall be omitted;

(b)

in article 22(3)(a) the reference to “the second month” shall remain unchanged; and

(c)

in paragraph 2(b)(i) of Schedule 2 the words “the month and year” shall be replaced by “the obligation period”.

(5)

An operator or, as the case may be, agent who has given notice under paragraph (2) may–

(a)

if that notice was given under sub-paragraph (a), not less than one month before the beginning of any obligation period following the obligation period during which the notice was given; or

(b)

if that notice was given under sub-paragraph (b), not less than one month before the beginning of any obligation period following the relevant obligation period,

by notice in writing to the Authority, withdraw the notice given under paragraph (2).

(6)

Where an operator or, as the case may be, agent gives notice under paragraph (5), the Authority shall, from the beginning of the obligation period in respect of which the operator or, as the case may be, agent, gave that notice, determine the operator’s entitlement to SROCs in respect of electricity generated by the relevant station on the basis set out in article 16(1).

(7)

Where any SROC to be issued will certify the matters within section 32B(2ZA), (2AA) or (2AC) of the Act, the foregoing provisions of this article shall have effect subject to the following modifications–

(a)

references to the relevant station shall be construed as references to the generating stations to which the SROC relates; and

(b)

references to the operator of the relevant station shall be construed as references to the operators of those generating stations,

and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly.