Regulation 15 General eligibility criteria

(1)

The Delivery Body must not prequalify a CMU for a capacity auction unless it meets the general eligibility criteria.

(2)

The general eligibility criteria for a CMU are the conditions specified in paragraphs (3) to (5).

(3)

The first condition is that the CMU is in Great Britain or the offshore area.

F1(4)

The second condition is—

(a)

in the case of a generating CMU or an interconnector CMU, that the connection capacity of the CMU is equal to or greater than F21MW (the “minimum capacity threshold”); or

(b)

in the case of a demand side response CMU, that the DSR capacity of the CMU is equal to or greater than the minimum capacity threshold.

(5)

The third condition is that the CMU is not F3a CMU which, by virtue of regulations 16 F4and 17, the Delivery Body must not prequalify for a capacity auction.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 15(4) substituted (24.3.2015) by The Electricity Capacity (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/875), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 14
F2: Word in reg. 15(4)(a) substituted (4.7.2020) by The Electricity Capacity (Amendment etc.) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/697), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 5
F3: Word in reg. 15(5) substituted (14.7.2016) by The Electricity Capacity (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/742), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 47
F4: Words in reg. 15(5) substituted (27.7.2021) by The Electricity Capacity (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/901), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1