Article 19 I1

After article 27, insert—

“The capped amount of qualifying renewable electricity

27A.

(1)

For the purposes of article 27(6), the capped amount of qualifying renewable electricity (“CQE”) for a licensee (A) in a FIT year is—

(a)

except where sub-paragraph (b) applies, the amount of qualifying renewable electricity supplied by A to the electricity supply market of Great Britain in that FIT year; or

(b)

where this sub-paragraph applies, the amount given by—

$$CQE=\frac{LQE}{TQE}\times cap$$

where—

1. (i)

   “cap” is defined in paragraph (3);

2. (ii)

   “LQE” is the licensee’s total amount of qualifying renewable electricity supplied to the electricity supply market of Great Britain in that FIT year;

3. (iii)

   “TQE” is the total amount of qualifying renewable electricity supplied to the electricity supply market of Great Britain in that FIT year.

(2)

Paragraph (1)(b) applies where the Authority determines that the TQE exceeds the amount of the cap for the FIT year in which that electricity was supplied.

(3)

For the purposes of this article, the cap which applies in respect of qualifying renewable electricity supplied during a FIT year is—

(a)

for FIT year 7: 8,117,254 megawatt hours;

(b)

for subsequent FIT years, the cap which applied in the previous FIT year multiplied by 1.1.”.