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Article 2 Interpretation

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(1)

In this Order–

  • “the Act” means the Electricity Act 1989;

  • “commissioning process” means the process consisting of such procedures and tests as from time to time constitute usual industry standards and practices for commissioning a non-fossil fuel generating station of any description specified in Schedule 1 in order–

    1. (a)

      to demonstrate that such a non-fossil fuel generating station is–

      1. (i)

        capable of commercial operation; or

      2. (ii)

        in the case of a non-fossil fuel generating station which is the subject of relevant arrangements, capable of commercial operation for the purpose of such arrangements;

    2. (b)

      to establish the external physical conditions outside the control of the operator which are necessary for the operation of such station or which control the amount of electricity produced by the station; and

    3. (c)

      to establish the operating parameters within which such station can be operated in accordance with practices, methods and procedures which are or should be adopted by a person exercising that degree of judgment, skill, diligence and foresight which would ordinarily and reasonably be expected from a skilled and experienced operator engaged in the business of operating such a station lawfully;

  • “generating set” means a prime mover and alternator;

  • “industrial waste” includes food-processing waste;

  • “operator” means an operator of any relevant non-fossil fuel generating station;

  • “premium price arrangement” means an arrangement made before the day on which this Order is made under which a public electricity supplier or a person on behalf of a public electricity supplier agrees to purchase electricity generated by a non-fossil fuel generating station at any time in the period commencing on 21st July 1993 and ending on 31st March 2012 (whether or not the agreement covers other periods) for a fixed price per kilowatt-hour (kWh) and for this purpose any provision for adjustment of the price by reference to any measure of inflation shall be disregarded;

  • “relevant arrangements” means arrangements evidence of the making of which is produced to the Director in accordance with article 3(1);

  • “relevant non-fossil fuel generating station” means a generating station with an installed capacity not exceeding 15 megawatts, of a description specified in Schedule 1 and falling within the description of non-fossil fuel generating station specified in article 3(2); and

  • “waste to energy generating station” has the meaning given to it in paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 1.

(2)

In Schedule 1–

(a)

where a definition refers to generating stations which are fuelled by a particular non-fossil fuel or fuels, this includes generating stations which use fossil fuel for one or more of the following purposes–

(i)

the ignition of gases of low or variable calorific value;

(ii)

the heating of the combustion system to its normal operating temperature or the maintenance of that temperature;

(iii)

emission control;

provided that in any period shown in tables A to D in Schedule 1, the energy content of the fossil fuel, that is to say the gross calorific value of that fuel (as expressed by weight or by volume) multiplied by the weight or volume of that fuel, used in the generating station does not exceed 10% of the energy content of all the fuel used; and

(b)

the specified amounts of generating capacity are expressed in megawatts.

(3)

In this Order, unless the content otherwise requires any reference–

(a)

to a numbered article is to the article bearing that number in this Order;

(b)

in an article to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph bearing that number in that article; and

(c)

to a numbered Schedule is to the Schedule to this Order bearing that number.