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Regulation 23 Notifying prequalification results to the Secretary of State

(1)

The Delivery Body must, as soon as reasonably practicable after it has determined all the applications made to it F1and, if applicable, complied with any obligations under regulation 69(3) or (4) in relation to requests to review prequalification decisions notified to applicants on prequalification results day (which has the meaning given to that term in the Rules), notify the Secretary of State of the aggregate de-rated capacity of—

(a)

CMUs which have prequalified to bid in the capacity auction;

(b)

CMUs in respect of which applications were rejected; and

(c)

generating CMUs F2, or interconnector CMUs, in respect of which the Delivery Body received—

(i)

an opt-out notification stating that the CMU will be closed down, decommissioned or otherwise non-operational by the commencement of the delivery year;

(ii)

an opt-out notification stating that the CMU will be temporarily non-operational for all the winter of the delivery year but will be operational thereafter; or

(iii)

an opt-out notification stating that the CMU will remain operational during the delivery year.

(2)

The Delivery Body must, at the same time—

(a)

advise the Secretary of State whether, in light of the data referred to in paragraph (1), the demand curve for the capacity auction should be adjusted; and

(b)

provide a recommendation to the Secretary of State as to the adjustment, if any, that should be made to the demand curve.

(3)

The Delivery Body must give the advice and recommendation in accordance with any directions given by the Secretary of State.

(4)

In paragraph (1), “opt-out notification” has the meaning given in the Rules.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 23(1) inserted (14.7.2016) by The Electricity Capacity (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/742), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 48

F2

Words in reg. 23(1)(c) inserted (24.3.2015) by The Electricity Capacity (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/875), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 6