Article 2 Amendment to the Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012

Schedule 2 (publication of FIT deployment data) to the Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012^f1 is amended as follows.

In paragraph 1, for “the data set out in paragraph 2” substitute—

“—

(a)

in respect of any month of publication which falls before April 2015, the data set out in paragraph 2; and

(b)

in respect of April 2015 and each subsequent month of publication, the data set out in paragraph 2A”.

In paragraph 2, for “paragraph 1” substitute “paragraph 1(a)”.

After paragraph 2, insert—

“2A.

The data referred to in paragraph 1(b) are—

(a)

the aggregate declared net capacity of solar photovoltaic installations (other than stand-alone solar photovoltaic installations) with declared net capacity of 10 kilowatts or less which were registered on the MCS database in the solar deployment period;

(b)

the aggregate declared net capacity of solar photovoltaic installations (other than stand-alone solar photovoltaic installations) with declared net capacity greater than 10 kilowatts but not exceeding 50 kilowatts which were registered on the MCS database in the solar deployment period;

(c)

the aggregate total installed capacity of solar photovoltaic installations (other than stand-alone solar photovoltaic installations) with declared net capacity greater than 50 kilowatts—

(i)

which, in the solar deployment period, were determined by the Authority to be entitled to accreditation (excluding installations for which preliminary accreditation had previously been granted);

(ii)

which, in the solar deployment period, the Authority granted preliminary accreditation;

(d)

the aggregate of the following capacities of stand-alone solar photovoltaic installations—

(i)

those with declared net capacity not exceeding 50 kilowatts which were registered on the MCS database in the solar deployment period;

(ii)

those with declared net capacity greater than 50 kilowatts which, in the solar deployment period, were determined by the Authority to be entitled to accreditation (excluding installations for which preliminary accreditation had previously been granted); and

(iii)

those which, in the solar deployment period, the Authority granted preliminary accreditation.”.

In paragraph 5, after the definition of “MCS database”, insert—

• ““stand-alone solar photovoltaic installation” means a solar photovoltaic installation which is not wired to provide electricity to a building;”.