# The Electricity (Exemptions from the Requirement for a Generation Licence) Order 2017, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order grants exemptions from section 4(1)(a) of the Electricity Act 1989 (which prohibits the generation of electricity for supply to any premises without a licence) in relation to eight electricity generating stations in Great Britain. The companies granted exemptions are:
Banks Renewables (Kype Muir Wind Farm) Limited, in relation to Kype Muir Wind Farm, an electricity generating station whose entrance is located at Ordnance Survey map reference NS 690 401, approximately 5 kilometres south of Strathaven, South Lanarkshire;
Banks Renewables (Middle Muir Wind Farm) Limited, in relation to Middle Muir Wind Farm, an electricity generating station whose entrance is located at Ordnance Survey map reference NS 867 273, approximately 2 kilometres north of Crawfordjohn, South Lanarkshire;
Brockloch Rig Windfarm Limited, in respect of Brockloch Rig Windfarm (also known as Windy Standard 2 Windfarm), an electricity generating station located at Ordnance Survey map reference NS 601 043, approximately 11 kilometres north-northeast of Carsphairn, Dumfries and Galloway;
Heck Fen Wind Park Limited, in relation to Heckington Fen Wind Park, whose entrance is located at Ordnance Survey map reference TF 205 457, at East Heckington, Lincolnshire;
Innogy Renewables UK Limited, in relation to Brechfa Forest West Wind Farm, whose entrance is located at Ordnance Survey map reference SN 460 349, approximately 2 kilometres south east of Pencader, Carmarthenshire;
Ray Wind Farm Limited, in relation to Ray Wind Farm, whose entrance is located at Ordnance Survey map reference NY 965 884, at Ray Estate, approximately 5 kilometres north west of Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland;
RWE Cogen UK Limited, in relation to Cheshire Power Station, whose entrance is located at Ordnance Survey map reference SJ 392 783, Ellesmere Port, South Wirral, Cheshire CH65 1AF; and
Snowdonia Pumped Hydro Limited, in relation to Glyn Rhonwy Pumped Hydro, whose entrance is located at Ordnance Survey map reference SH 567 608, approximately 1 kilometre north west of Llanberis, Gwynedd.
A regulatory impact assessment in respect of exemptions from the requirements of section 4(1)(a) of the Electricity Act 1989 was prepared in 2001 and can be obtained from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Energy Markets and Affordability Unit, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET. Copies have been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/731/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-exemptions-from-the-requirement-for-a-generation-licence-order-2017/note
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