Statutory Instruments
2022 No. 691
Electricity
The Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022
Made
20th June 2022
Coming into force
21st June 2022
Before making these Regulations the Secretary of State—
(a) consulted the persons listed in section 24(1)(a) to (g) of the Energy Act 2013( 1 ) and such other persons as the Secretary of State considered it appropriate to consult; and
(b) had regard to the matters in section 5(2) of that Act.
In accordance with section 6(8) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
Accordingly, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(1) and (6), 10(3), 12(3), and 13 of that Act, makes the following Regulations.
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
(2) These Regulations, apart from regulation 3(2), extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
(3) Regulation 3(2) extends to England and Wales and Scotland only.
Amendments to the Contracts for Difference (Definition of Eligible Generator) Regulations 2014
2. —(1)The Contracts for Difference (Definition of Eligible Generator) Regulations 2014( 2 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1) in the definition of “complete CCS system” in sub-paragraph (b) after “transporting” insert “(including by way of non-pipeline transport methods)” .
(3) In regulation 3(5) in the definition of “carry out a generating activity”—
(a) in paragraph (a) after “eligible generating station;” omit “or”;
(b) in paragraph (b) after “by 5 megawatts or more;” insert “or” ;
(c) after paragraph (b) insert—
“ (c) to alter an existing generating station in order that it becomes a generating station connected to a complete CCS system; ” .
Amendments to the Contracts for Difference (Allocation) Regulations 2014
3. —(1)The Contracts for Difference (Allocation) Regulations 2014( 3 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 14(2)(a) after “a complete CCS system” insert “or is to be altered to be a generating station connected to a complete CCS system” .
(3) In regulation 60—
(a) for paragraph (5) substitute—
“ (5) Paragraph (4) does not apply to any strike price or reference price which may be included in the contract. ” ;
(b) in paragraph (6)—
(i) in the definition of “reference price” for “the sum that is” substitute “the sum that may be” ;
(ii) in the definition of “strike price” for “the sum that is” substitute “the sum that may be” .
Greg Hands
Minister of State
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
20th June 2022
S.I. 2014/2010 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2016/784 , S.I. 2021/758 .
S.I. 2014/2011 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2016/784 , S.I. 2021/758 .