# The Renewables Obligation Order 2015, Paragraph 2: Meaning of “exempt combustion unit”


(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), a combustion unit of a relevant fossil fuel station is an “exempt combustion unit” for the purposes of this Schedule if it is a combustion unit in relation to which ROCs were issued in respect of electricity—
(a) generated before 12th December 2014; and
(b) described in Schedule 2 to the Renewables Obligation Order 2009 as “unit conversion” (including “unit conversion with CHP”) or “station conversion” (including “station conversion with CHP”).
(2) The following are not “exempt combustion units”—
(a) a combustion unit consisting entirely of generating capacity referred to in article 45(4)(a);
(b) a combustion unit referred to in article 45(4)(d) or (e).
(3) A combustion unit referred to in sub-paragraph (1) ceases to be an “exempt combustion unit” if, during any 6 month period since commencement day, it generates electricity from fossil fuel, where the energy content of the fossil fuel is more than 15% of the energy content of all of the energy sources used by the unit to generate electricity during that 6 month period.
(4) In sub-paragraph (3), “fossil fuel” does not include fossil fuel for permitted ancillary purposes.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1947/schedule/6/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-order-2015/schedule-6/paragraph-2
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