UK Statutory Instrument SI 2015/1947 United Kingdom

The Renewables Obligation Order 2015

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Enforced by
Ofgem
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

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s.art080 Provision of information to determine whether a ROC is to be, or should have been, issued Regulated
  • Provide accurate generation data to Ofgem for ROC claimsOperator
s.art082 Information to be provided to the Authority where electricity is generated from biomass Regulated
  • Report biomass fuel and sustainability data to Ofgem by 30 JuneOperator
s.art084 Solid and gaseous biomass sustainability audit report Regulated
  • Submit an independent sustainability audit report for biomass by 30 JuneOperator
s.art091 Registration of offshore wind turbines Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Ofgem must register offshore wind turbines and notify operator upon compliant applicationStatutory regulator
s.art092 Registration of additional capacity Regulated
  • Register additional generating capacity with Ofgem to claim ROCsOperator
95 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.art001 Citation, commencement and extent
s.art002 Interpretation
s.art003 Biomass and fuels which are to be treated as biomass
s.art004 Fossil derived bioliquid
s.art005 Waste as a renewable source
s.art006 Grace period generating stations
s.art007 The renewables obligation
s.art008 Part of calculation A referable to Great Britain
s.art009 Part of calculation A referable to Northern Ireland
s.art010 Calculation A
s.art011 Calculation B
s.art012 Determining the total number of UK ROCs to be produced in an obligation period
s.art013 Determining the number of UK ROCs to be produced by a designated electricity supplier in order to discharge its renewables obligation
s.art013 Determining the number of UK ROCs to be produced by a designated electricity supplier in order to discharge its renewables obligation: obligation periods beginning on or after 1st April 2019
s.art013 Revising the number of UK ROCs to be produced by a designated electricity supplier for the 2017/18 and 2018/19 obligation periods
s.art013 Revision of the obligation level published on 27th September 2023 in respect of the 2024/25 obligation period
s.art014 Further provision in relation to the production of UK ROCs
s.art015 Matters to be certified by ROCs
s.art016 When electricity is to be regarded as supplied to customers in Great Britain or Northern Ireland
s.art017 When electricity is used in a permitted way for ROCs certifying matters within section 32B(7) or (8) of the Act
s.art018 Issue of ROCs to generators and suppliers
s.art019 Issue of ROCs to agents
s.art020 Confirmations required from the person being issued with a ROC
s.art021 Further confirmations required for ROCs certifying matters within section 32B(3) and (5) of the Act where electricity generated otherwise than on land
s.art022 Further confirmations required for ROCs certifying matters within section 32B(3) to (6) of the Act
s.art023 Further confirmations required for ROCs certifying matters within section 32B(5), (6) and (8) of the Act
s.art024 Refusing to issue and revoking ROCs
s.art025 Where ROCs cannot be revoked
s.art026 Meaning of RO input electricity
s.art027 Meaning of RO output electricity
s.art028 ROCs to be issued by the Authority in respect of a generating station's RO eligible renewable output
s.art029 Calculating a generating station's RO eligible renewable output
s.art030 Calculating the RO eligible renewable output of a qualifying CHP station
s.art031 Calculating the amount of electricity generated by a particular category of generating capacity
s.art032 Calculating the amount of electricity generated in a particular way
s.art033 The amount of electricity to be stated in each ROC
s.art034 Microgenerators
s.art035 Electricity generated by qualifying
s.art036 Low-range co-firing of relevant energy crops
s.art037 Generating stations which were accredited as at 11th July 2006
s.art038 Landfill gas and sewage gas generating stations which were accredited, or held preliminary accreditation, as at 31st March 2009
s.art039 Offshore wind turbines installed between 2006 and 2010
s.art040 Wave and tidal stream generating stations
s.art041 Generating stations in respect of which a statutory grant has been awarded
s.art042 Review of banding provisions
s.art043 Generating stations not compliant with accreditation or metering requirements
s.art044 Maximum period of eligibility for ROCs
s.art045 Generating stations using excluded capacity to generate electricity
s.art046 Generating stations located outside England and Wales
s.art047 Electricity supplied to customers in Northern Ireland
s.art048 Combustion units in relation to which a capacity agreement has been issued
s.art049 Electricity in respect of which a CFD or investment contract applies
s.art050 Combustion units in relation to which a CFD or investment contract has been entered into
s.art051 Generating stations supported or potentially eligible for support under a feed-in tariff scheme
s.art052 Generating stations in respect of which a NFFO arrangement applied but was terminated
s.art053 Non-commissioned generating stations in respect of which a NFFO arrangement applies
s.art054 Large hydro generating stations first commissioned on or before 1st April 2002
s.art055 Generating stations first commissioned before 1st January 1990
s.art056 Generating stations using peat
s.art057 Generating stations using landfill gas
s.art058 Generating stations using gaseous fuel produced by means of gasification or pyrolysis
s.art059 Generating stations using Solid Recovered Fuel
s.art060 Generating stations using waste or fossil fuel
s.art061 Circumstances in which ROCs must not be issued in respect of electricity generated from bioliquid
s.art062 Common agricultural policy requirements in the case of bioliquids
s.art063 Circumstances in which ROCs must not be issued in respect of electricity generated from solid or gaseous biomass
s.art064 Cases where a renewables obligation certificate has already been issued
s.art065 Cases and circumstances when a ROC must not be issued: general provisions
s.art066 Interpretation
s.art067 Payments to discharge the renewables obligation
s.art068 Late payments to discharge the renewables obligation
s.art069 Dealing with the buy-out fund: payments into the Consolidated Fund and to the Northern Ireland authority
s.art070 Dealing with the late payment fund: payments into the Consolidated Fund and to the Northern Ireland authority
s.art071 Dealing with the buy-out and late payment funds: payments to UK suppliers
s.art072 Determining whether a relevant shortfall has occurred
s.art073 Calculating the total mutualisation sum in the case of a relevant shortfall
s.art074 Payments to be made by suppliers towards the total mutualisation sum
s.art075 Circumstances in which payments towards the total mutualisation sum are to be re-calculated
s.art076 Re-calculated payments to be made by suppliers towards the total mutualisation sum and repayments by the Authority
s.art077 Payments to be made to suppliers out of the mutualisation fund
s.art078 Provision of information required by the Authority to carry out its functions
s.art079 Provision of information to determine whether a supplier is discharging its renewables obligation
s.art081 Notification by the operator of a low-range co-firing combustion unit
s.art083 Bioliquid sustainability audit report
s.art085 Determination of matters by the Authority
s.art086 Functions of the Authority
s.art087 Exchange of information with the Northern Ireland Authority
s.art088 Preliminary accreditation of generating stations
s.art089 Accreditation of generating stations
s.art090 Preliminary accreditation and accreditation: common provisions
s.art093 ROC Register
s.art094 Modification of this Order in relation to microgenerators in certain circumstances
s.art095 Revocation and savings
s.art096 Transitional provisions
s.art097 Consequential amendments to the Renewables Obligation Closure Order 2014
Schedules

Schedules

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s.sch001 The mixed value method must not be used for the... Regulated
  • Do not use the mixed value method for bioliquid greenhouse gas calculations unless the bioliquid is listed in the Renewables Directive annexAny Person
s.sch001 The default percentage must not be used in relation to... Regulated
  • Do not use default percentage for certain bioliquids unless calculation shows zero or lessOperator
s.sch002 The default value method must not be used to calculate... Regulated
  • Do not use the default value method to calculate biomass emissions unless conditions are metAny Person
s.sch004 The contents of the Register (including the entries referred to... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Ofgem must make the ROC Register available for public inspection and provide written statements on requestStatutory regulator
s.sch004 Where the Authority receives requests under paragraph 7(b) it must... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Authority must notify ROC holder and substitute of received requestsStatutory regulator
s.sch004 Where— (a) a ROC is issued under this Order, or... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Ofgem must notify ROC holders within 5 banking days of issue or substitutionStatutory regulator
50 other schedules
s.sch001 Interpretation
s.sch001 The greenhouse gas criteria
s.sch001 Calculating the percentage difference
s.sch001 Where the mixed value method is used for the purposes...
s.sch002 Interpretation
s.sch002 The greenhouse gas criteria
s.sch002 Calculating the greenhouse gas emissions
s.sch002 For the purposes of paragraph 4(c), paragraph 7 of Part...
s.sch002 Where the greenhouse gas emissions from the use of biomass...
s.sch002 In paragraph 6— (a) η e l
s.sch002 The greenhouse gas emissions from the use of biomass are...
s.sch002 In paragraph 8— (a) η e l
s.sch003 Interpretation
s.sch003 Land criteria: bioliquids
s.sch003 Land criteria: woody biomass
s.sch003 Land criteria: other fuels
s.sch003 Protected sources
s.sch003 Sustainable source
s.sch003 Exempt purposes
s.sch004 The Register must be at one or more of the...
s.sch004 The substitute cannot be the registered holder of a ROC...
s.sch004 The Register may be amended by a decision of the...
s.sch004 Where any person considers that an entry maintained in respect...
s.sch004 The Authority must in any procedural guidelines which it produces...
s.sch004 In this Schedule, “banking day” means a day on which...
s.sch004 The Register must identify whether or not a ROC subsists...
s.sch004 Particulars of a ROC comprise— (a) the name of the...
s.sch004 A person may only be the registered holder of a...
s.sch004 The Authority may from time to time draw up procedural...
s.sch004 The Authority must delete from the Register—
s.sch004 Where the registered holder of a ROC and a person...
s.sch005 (1) In this Schedule— “2009/11 dedicated biomass station” means a...
s.sch006 Interpretation
s.sch006 Article 27 modified (meaning of RO output electricity)
s.sch006 Article 28 modified (ROCs to be issued by the Authority in respect of a generating station’s RO eligible renewable output)
s.sch006 Article 29 modified (calculating a generating station’s RO eligible renewable output)
s.sch006 Article 30 modified (calculating the RO eligible renewable output of a qualifying CHP station)
s.sch006 Article 31 modified (calculating the amount of electricity generated by a particular category of generating capacity)
s.sch006 Article 32 modified (calculating the amount of electricity generated in a particular way)
s.sch006 Article 43 modified (generating stations not compliant with accreditation or metering requirements)
s.sch006 Article 80 modified (provision of information to determine whether a ROC is to be, or should have been, issued)
s.sch006 Schedule 5 modified (electricity to be stated in ROCs)
s.sch006 Meaning of “exempt combustion unit”
s.sch006 Capped generating stations in the 2018/19 obligation period
s.sch006 Capped generating stations in the 2019/20 obligation period and subsequent obligation periods
s.sch006 Mixed generating stations in the 2018/19 obligation period
s.sch006 Mixed generating stations in the 2019/20 obligation period and subsequent obligation periods
s.sch006 Order applies with modifications to determine whether ROCs are to be issued to mixed generating stations
s.sch006 Article 2 modified (interpretation)
s.sch006 New article 26A inserted

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