{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-capacity-amendment-regulations-2016/schedule-1/paragraph-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-capacity-amendment-regulations-2016/schedule-1/paragraph-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/742",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity Capacity (Amendment) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-capacity-amendment-regulations-2016",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Regulation 59 (requirement to provide applicant credit cover)",
  "text": "(1) In regulation 59—\n(a) in paragraph (1), for “paragraphs (1A) and” substitute “paragraph”;\n(b) omit paragraph (1A); and\n(c) in paragraph (1B), after “demand side response CMU” insert “or an interconnector CMU”.\n(2) For regulation 59(2)(a) substitute—\n“(a) in the case of an application to prequalify for a T-4 auction or a T-1 auction—\n(i) if CMU i is an unproven demand side response CMU, an amount equal to £5,000 per MW of the de-rated capacity of CMU i; and\n(ii) if CMU i is not an unproven demand side response CMU, an amount equal to £10,000 per MW of the de-rated capacity of CMU i;”.\n(3) After regulation 59(3) insert—\n“(4) In circumstances specified in capacity market rules, the applicant credit cover provided under paragraph (1) in respect of a new build CMU must, where twelve months have elapsed after auction results day, be increased by the capacity provider to an amount equal to £15,000 per MW of de-rated capacity.\n(5) The increased credit cover required to be provided under paragraph (4) must be provided within 15 working days after the end of that twelve-month period.\n(6) For the purposes of paragraph (4)—\n(a) “new build CMU” has the meaning given in the Rules; and\n(b) “auction results day” means the date on which the auction results are published under regulation 25(1)(c).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/742/schedule/1/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:21:52.268601+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."
}