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Article 27A The capped amount of qualifying renewable electricityF1

England, Wales and Scotland

(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 F2customers in Great Britain in that FIT year; or

(b)

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

CQE=LQETQE×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 customers in Great Britain in that FIT year;

  3. (iii)

    “TQE” is the total amount of qualifying renewable electricity supplied to customers in 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.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Art. 27A inserted (15.1.2016) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2045), arts. 1, 19 (with art. 24)

F2

Words in art. 27A(1) substituted (1.2.2019) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Closure, etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1380), arts. 1, 14(2)