Electricity (Non-Fossil Fuel Sources) (England and Wales) Order 1997
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1997/248 |
| Year | 1997 |
1997 No. 248
ELECTRICITY
The Electricity (Non-Fossil Fuel Sources) (England and Wales) Order 1997
Made 5th February 1997
Laid before Parliament 6th February 1997
Coming into force 10th February 1997
Whereas certain orders1under section 32 of the Electricity Act 19892have had effect in relation to each public electricity supplier in England and Wales;
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 32(1), (2), (2A), (2B) and (2C) of the said Act of 1989, after consultation in accordance with section 32(1), hereby makes the following Order:—
Citation, commencement and application
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Electricity (Non-Fossil Fuel Sources) (England and Wales) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 10th February 1997.
(2) This Order does not apply to Scotland.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order—
“the Act” means the Electricity Act 1989;
“commissioning process” means the process consisting of such procedures and tests as from time to time constitute usual industry standards and practices for commissioning a non-fossil fuel generating station of any description specified in Schedule 1 in order—
(a) to demonstrate that such a non-fossil fuel generating station is—
(i) capable of commercial operation; or
(ii) in the case of a non-fossil fuel generating station which is the subject of relevant arrangements, capable of commercial operation for the purpose of such arrangements;
(b) to establish the external physical conditions outside the control of the operator which are necessary for the operation of such station or which control the amount of electricity produced by the station; and
(c) to establish the operating parameters within which such station can be operated in accordance with practices, methods and procedures which are or should be adopted by a person exercising that degree of judgment, skill, diligence and foresight which would ordinarily and reasonably be expected from a skilled and experienced operator engaged in the business of operating such a station lawfully;
“connected person”, in relation to any person, means a person connected to him within the meaning of section 839 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 19883;
“dry-weight basis” means the basis for calculating the weight of each fuel component by deducting from its weight the weight of any water in that fuel component that would be removed by heating it to a temperature of 120°C for a period of not less than 30 minutes;
“energy content” of a fuel means the gross calorific value of that fuel (as expressed by weight or by volume) multiplied by the weight or volume of that fuel;
“generating set” means a prime mover and alternator;
“industrial waste” includes sawmill waste derived from sawmills located on permanent sites and food-processing waste;
“operator” means an operator of any relevant non-fossil fuel generating station;
“the pooling and settlement agreement” means the pooling and settlement agreement to which an operator may be required to become a party by a licence granted to him under section 6 of the Act;
“premium price” means a fixed price per kilowatt-hour (kWh) and for this purpose—
(a) where the operator of a generating station is a party to the pooling and settlement agreement, an arrangement between that operator and a public electricity supplier or person on behalf of a public electricity supplier shall be treated as if it is an arrangement to purchase electricity at a fixed price per kilowatt-hour (kWh) if it provides for such payments to be made by either party to the other as shall ensure that the aggregate price receivable by that operator under the arrangement and the pooling and settlement agreement for electricity generated in specified periods is equal to a fixed amount specified in the said arrangement; and
(b) any provision for adjustment of the price by reference to any measure of inflation shall be disregarded;
“premium price arrangement” means an arrangement made before the day on which this Order is made under which a public electricity supplier or a person on behalf of a public electricity supplier agrees to purchase electricity generated by a non-fossil fuel generating station at any time in the period commencing on 21st July 1993 and ending on 28th August 2013 (whether or not the agreement covers other periods) for a premium price;
“relevant arrangements” means arrangements evidence of the making of which is produced to the Director in accordance with article 3(1);
“relevant non-fossil fuel generating station” means a generating station of a description specified in Schedule 1 and falling within the description of non-fossil fuel generating station specified in article 3(2).
(a)
(a) (2) Where a definition in Schedule 1 refers to generating stations which are fuelled wholly by a particular non-fossil fuel or fuels, this includes generating stations which use fossil fuel for one or more of the following purposes—
(i) the ignition of gases of low or variable calorific value;
(ii) the heating of the combustion system to its normal operating temperature or the maintenance of that temperature;
(iii) emission control;
provided that, in any period shown in Tables A to H in Schedule 1, the energy content of the fossil fuel used in the generating station does not exceed 10 per cent. of the energy content of all the fuel used.
(b)
(b) Where a definition in Schedule 1 refers to generating stations which are fuelled partly by a particular non-fossil fuel or fuels, this includes dual-fired projects and for this purpose “dual-fired projects” means ones where the balance of fuel is—
(i) fossil fuel;
(ii) non-fossil fuel which is neither expressly included in that definition nor expressly excluded by that definition; or
(iii) a combination of the fuel mentioned in sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) above.
Requirement to make arrangements etc.
3.—(1) Each public electricity supplier in England and Wales shall before 1st April 1997 make, in so far as he has not already done so, and produce to the Director evidence showing that he has made such additional arrangements as will secure that for each period shown in Tables A to H in Schedule 1 the aggregate amount of generating capacity available to him from non-fossil fuel generating stations of the description specified in relation to each particular Table and falling within the description of non-fossil fuel generating station specified in paragraph (2) below will not be less than the amount specified in that Table in relation to him for that period.
(2) The description of non-fossil fuel generating station specified in this paragraph is either—
(a)
(a) a non-fossil fuel generating station other than a landfill gas generating station in respect of which—
(i) the commissioning process was not satisfactorily completed before 2nd November 1995;
(ii) there is not and has not been a premium price arrangement (other than a relevant arrangement) under which any payment has been or may be made in respect of electricity generated before 29th August 2013 by such station; and
(iii) the commissioning and operation would not reduce the declared net capacity of any other non-fossil fuel generating station existing at its planned commissioning date; or
(b)
(b) a landfill gas generating station which—
(i) has a generating set which, in the opinion of an independent consulting engineer, is likely to have a useful life (provided that it is installed, commissioned, maintained and operated in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations) of at least 15 years from its date of commissioning as part of a relevant non-fossil fuel generating station; and
(ii) has new foundations; but
(iii) may use an existing gas collection system, provided that, during the period of the relevant arrangements entered into in relation to that generating station it—
(a) will not adversely affect the supply of gas to another generating set which is connected to that system; and
(b) would not have adversely affected the supply of gas to another generating set which was connected to that system at 2nd November 1995 but is no longer so connected.
4.—(1) Where—
(a)
(a) any relevant arrangements provide that the availability to a public electricity supplier of some or all of the capacity of a non-fossil fuel generating station is conditional upon the satisfaction of any requirement mentioned in Schedule 2 (conditions precedent) (whether the requirement is described in the terms of that Schedule or in terms to the like effect); and
(b)
(b) on the first day of any specified period, some or all of that capacity is not available to the supplier, by reason of any such requirement not being satisfied as was then due, or had previously been due on or prior to such date, under those arrangements to have been satisfied,
then, in relation to any day during that or any subsequent specified period ascertained in accordance with paragraph (3) below, this Order shall have effect as if the relevant aggregate amount specified in relation to that period were the amount specified in relation to that supplier for the period which includes that day in the Table in question in Schedule 1, less (subject to the following proviso) an amount equal to the sum of any capacity whose availability is at that time conditional upon the satisfaction of such requirement or requirements and any capacity which has ceased to be available at that time by reason of the occurrence of any such event or events as are referred to in paragraph (2) below:
Provided that the amount so specified shall not be reduced so as to be less than the relevant aggregate amount actually available to that...
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