# The Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012, Article 27A: The capped amount of qualifying renewable electricity

Extent: E+W+S

(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 customers in Great Britain in that FIT year; or
(b) where this sub-paragraph applies, the amount given by—
CQE=LQETQE×capwhere—
(i)“cap” is defined in paragraph (3);
(ii)“LQE” is the licensee’s total amount of qualifying renewable electricity supplied to customers in Great Britain in that FIT year;
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2782/article/27A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/feed-in-tariffs-order-2012/article-27A
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