# The Fossil Fuel Levy Regulations 1990, Paragraph 2: Method of calculating hypothetical cost of purchasing certain electricity


The method of calculating what would have been the total cost to each public electricity supplier P of purchasing the electricity mentioned in paragraph 1 if that electricity had been generated by a fossil fuel generating station (which, when combined with the like total cost attributable to every other public electricity supplier, is expressed as By in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2) is given by the formula–
B yP = Σn Σj ( Ynj × Znj )+ Σn [ ( V n - Σj Ynj )× ( Σj Znj Wn )]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/266/schedule/3/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fossil-fuel-levy-regulations-1990/schedule-3/paragraph-2
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