Paragraph 6 Cost-benefit analysisF1
An application for an authorisation for a specified activity must include a cost-benefit analysis unless sub-paragraph (2) applies.
This sub-paragraph applies where a comprehensive national assessment and any associated cost-benefit analysis has demonstrated that a site-specific cost-benefit analysis is unlikely to be positive.
The cost-benefit analysis must be carried out in accordance with paragraph 7 of this schedule and must—
in the case of a specified activity included in paragraph 2(2) of this schedule, assess the costs and benefits of operating the installation or converting the installation to operate as a high-efficiency cogeneration installation,
in the case of a specified activity included in paragraph 2(4) of this schedule at an installation or plant which forms part of a new or existing district heating and cooling network, assess the costs and benefits of utilising the waste heat from nearby industrial installations,
in the case of a specified activity included in paragraph 2(4) of this schedule generating waste heat at a useful temperature, assess the costs and benefits of utilising the waste heat to satisfy economically justifiable demand, including through cogeneration, and of the connection of that installation to a district heating and cooling network.
A cost-benefit analysis may be prepared cooperatively by the authorised person for the specified activity and the operator of the heating and cooling network.
SEPA may require, by notice, that the cost-benefit analysis be prepared cooperatively with the operator of the heating and cooling network and a notice under this sub-paragraph is to be treated for the purposes of these Regulations as a notice issued under regulation 37.
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Textual amendments
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Sch. 25 inserted (1.11.2025) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), reg. 1(2), sch. 16 (with sch. 23)