C25 Extension Request – EPBL Ballylumford
| Published date | 12 March 2024 |
| Year | 2024 |
| Energy Sector | Electricity Networks |
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Utility Regulator
Queens House, 14 Queen Street, BELFAST, BT1 6ED
T: +44 (0) 28 9031 1575 F: +44 (0) 28 9031 1740 W: www.uregni.gov.uk
Eimear Watson
SONI Ltd
Castlereagh House
12 Manse Road
Belfast
BT6 9RT
Date: 27 February 2024 Ref: NET/E/DH/858
Dear Eimear
Request for Authority’s
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consent to extend the Connection Offer Timelines for the D
Station CCGT Project
Thank you for your letter of 12 February 2024 (“the Letter”).
We treat the Letter as an application (“the Second Application”) - made under Condition
25(5) of SONI’s Transmission Licence (“the Licence”)
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- seeking the Authority’s consent for
the extension of the period for the making of an offer by SONI for the connection of the
Ballylumford D Station Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) to the NI Transmission
System, which would otherwise apply by operation of Condition 25(5) and Condition 25(7)
of the Licence.
The Second Application follows a previous application (“the First Application”) for
extension of the connection offer timeline granted by (published)
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decision letter (“the First
Decision Letter”) dated 11 July 2023.
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The Second Application seeks consent to an extension out to 26 February 2024. The First
Application (granted) sought an extension out to 12 February 2024.
We start by setting out the relevant terms of Condition 25 of the Licence. We then move to
the Second Application itself:
1. Condition 25 of the Licence.
Condition 25(5) provides, so far as relevant, as follows (our underlining added):
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In this letter “we”, “UR” “us”, and “the Authority” are used interchangeably to refer to the Northern Ireland
Authority for Utility Regulation.
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2022-11-18 SONI TSO Consolidated.pdf (uregni.gov.uk)
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20230711 SONI C25 Extension Request Approval - Ballylumford CCGT.pdf (uregni.gov.uk)
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This letter should be read alongside the decision letter on the First Application.
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