Paragraph 1 InterpretationF1

In this Schedule (including the modifications to this Order set out in paragraphs 8 to 18)—

• “2018/19 obligation period” means the obligation period starting on 1st April 2018;

• “capped combustion unit” means a combustion unit of a relevant fossil fuel station other than any of the following—

  1. (a)

     an exempt combustion unit;

  2. (b)

     a combustion unit consisting entirely of generating capacity referred to in article 45(4)(a);

  3. (c)

     a combustion unit referred to in article 45(4)(d) or (e);

• “capped generating station” means a relevant fossil fuel station that includes at least one capped combustion unit and no exempt combustion units;

• “commencement day” means the day on which the Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2018 comes into force;

• “exempt combustion unit” is to be construed in accordance with paragraph 2;

• “mixed generating station” means a relevant fossil fuel station that includes at least one capped combustion unit and at least one exempt combustion unit;

• “qualification day” means—

  1. (a)

     in the 2018/19 obligation period, the later of 1st September 2018 and commencement day;

  2. (b)

     in any subsequent obligation period, 1st September;

• “relevant day” means the first day of the second month after the month in which the Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2018 comes into force;

• “relevant electricity” means—

  1. (a)

     electricity to which article 36 applies;

  2. (b)

     electricity generated in any of the ways described in Schedule 5 as—

     1. (i)

        “co-firing of regular bioliquid” (including “co-firing of regular bioliquid with CHP”);

     2. (ii)

        “high-range co-firing” (including “high-range co-firing with CHP”);

     3. (iii)

        “low-range co-firing” (including “low-range co-firing with CHP”);

     4. (iv)

        “mid-range co-firing” (including “mid-range co-firing with CHP”);

     5. (v)

        “station conversion” (including “station conversion with CHP”); or

     6. (vi)

        “unit conversion” (including “unit conversion with CHP”);

• “relevant fossil fuel station” has the meaning given in Schedule 5, but does not include—

  1. (a)

     a generating station in relation to which ROCs have been issued in respect of electricity—

     1. (i)

        generated before the date on which the generating station became a “relevant fossil fuel station” (as defined in Schedule 5); and

     2. (ii)

        described as “dedicated biomass” (including “dedicated biomass with CHP”) in Schedule 2 to the Renewables Obligation Order 2009 or Schedule 5; or

  2. (b)

     a microgenerator.