{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-capacity-regulations-2014/regulation-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-capacity-regulations-2014/regulation-30.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2043",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity Capacity Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-capacity-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/30",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Capacity agreements",
  "text": "(1) A “capacity agreement” comprises the rights and obligations accruing to a capacity provider under or by virtue of electricity capacity regulations and capacity market rules in relation to a particular capacity committed CMU and one or more delivery years.\n(2) A distinct capacity agreement accrues to each successful bidder in a capacity auction (unless the capacity auction is annulled under regulation 27), in relation to each CMU for which a successful bid was made, for—\n(a) a capacity obligation equal to the de-rated capacity of the CMU ...;\n(b) the delivery year for which the capacity auction was held in the case of a capacity agreement for a one year capacity obligation, or a period of two or more whole delivery years commencing with that delivery year in the case of a capacity agreement for a multi-year capacity obligation; and\n(c) the capacity cleared price.\n(3) The “capacity cleared price” means the price which, subject to any provision for adjustment for inflation, is to be used for the purpose of calculating capacity payments in respect of a capacity obligation.\n(4) The capacity cleared price is—\n(a) the auction clearing price; ...\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) A capacity agreement—\n(a) may not be disclaimed; and\n(b) may not be transferred or terminated except as provided in these Regulations and capacity market rules.\n(6) Unless terminated in accordance with these Regulations or capacity market rules, and subject to any termination of a transferred part in accordance with regulation 30A(4), once a capacity agreement takes effect in accordance with the Rules, it remains in force until the expiry of the period of delivery years for which it is issued.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 30(1) substituted (14.7.2016) by The Electricity Capacity (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/742), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 21(1) (with reg. 1(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 30(2) substituted (14.7.2016) by The Electricity Capacity (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/742), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 21(2)(a) (with reg. 1(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 30(2)(a) inserted (14.7.2016) by The Electricity Capacity (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/742), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 21(2)(b) (with reg. 1(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 30(2)(a) omitted (2.11.2017) by virtue of The Electricity Capacity (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1053), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 30(4) substituted (14.7.2016) by The Electricity Capacity (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/742), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 50"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in reg. 30(4)(a) omitted (23.7.2025) by virtue of The Electricity Capacity (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/917), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 10(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Reg. 30(4)(b) omitted (23.7.2025) by virtue of The Electricity Capacity (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/917), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 10(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in reg. 30(6) inserted (14.7.2016) by The Electricity Capacity (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/742), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 21(3) (with reg. 1(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in reg. 30(6) substituted (14.2.2025) by The Electricity Capacity (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/183), regs. 1(2), 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2043/regulation/30",
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  },
  "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."
}