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The Guarantees of Origin of Electricity Produced from Renewable Energy Sources and High-efficiency Cogeneration (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022
Jurisdiction: Great Britain
Commencement: 1st January 2023 with part of the amendment coming into force on the 1st April 2023
Amends: The Electricity (Guarantees of Origin of Electricity Produced from Renewable Energy Sources) Regulations 2003
Mini Summary
The Electricity (Guarantees of Origin of Electricity Produced from Renewable Energy Sources) Regulations 2003 implement Article 5 of Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (the Renewable Energy Directive).
Article 5 requires Member States to ensure that a Guarantee of Origin (GOO) is issued, on request, in respect of electricity produced from renewable energy sources.
Guarantees of Origin (GOO) are certificates issued by ‘the Authority’ which certify that electricity or was produced from renewable energy sources.
Within the UK GOOs are called Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGOs)
The Gas and Electricity Markets Authority is designated as the body to issue Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGOs) in Great Britain.
REGOs must:
- Specify the energy source(s) from which the electricity was produced, the dates and place of production, and in the case of hydro-electricity, the capacity of the installation;
- Serve to enable producers of electricity from renewable energy sources to demonstrate that the electricity they sell is produced from renewable sources; and
- Should be mutually recognised by Member States, and any refusal to recognise should be based on objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria.
Amendment
These Regulations amend The Electricity (Guarantees of Origin of Electricity Produced from Renewable Energy Sources) Regulations 2003 and The Guarantees of Origin of Electricity Produced from High-efficiency Cogeneration Regulations 2007.
The obligation for UK authorities to recognise certificates of origin (GOOs and GHPGOs) issued in the European Union is removed. These Regulations come into force on 1st January 2023.
*GOO means a guarantee of origin of electricity produced from renewable energy sources.
**CHPGO means a guarantee of origin of electricity produced from high-efficiency cogeneration.
The Electricity (Guarantees of Origin of Electricity Produced from Renewable Energy Sources) Regulations 2003 is amended by removing the obligations to recognise GOOs issued in an EU member State. The changes come into force on 1st April 2023.
The Guarantees of Origin of Electricity Produced from High-efficiency Cogeneration Regulations 2007 is amended by removing the obligations to recognise CHPGOs issued in an EU member State. The changes come into force on 1st January 2023.
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