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Jurisdiction: England, Scotland, Wales
Commencement: 30th September 2020
Amends: The Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012 (SI 2012/2782) as amended
The Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012 (SI 2012/2782) as amended makes requirements for Feed in Tariffs. They set the maximum capacity for small scale low carbon electricity generation for Feed in Tariffs. The Regulations provide for the accreditation of installations, the operations of the registry and general administrative functions.
This amendment order provides extensions for certain small-scale renewable electricity generators to apply for accreditation under the Feed-In Tariffs scheme (“FIT scheme”) and comes into force on 30th September 2020. This is due to potential delays in commissioning projects due to the Coronavirus (COVID–19) pandemic.
ROO-FIT scale installations, whose preliminary accreditation validity period would have ended on or after 1st March 2020 and Microgeneration Certification Scheme scale community energy installations that pre-registered between 1st March 2019 and 31st March 2019 are given an additional 12 months to commission and apply for accreditation.
The time period to commission and apply for accreditations for these installations are now as follows:
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Jurisdiction: England, Scotland, Wales
Commencement: 31st March 2020
Amends: The Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012 (SI 2012/2782) as amended
The Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012 (SI 2012/2782) as amended makes requirements for Feed in Tariffs. They set the maximum capacity for small scale low carbon electricity generation for Feed in Tariffs. The Regulations provide for the accreditation of installations, the operations of the registry and general administrative functions.
This Amendment Order extends the period for small-scale renewable electricity generators to apply for accreditation under the Feed-In-Tariff scheme (FIT scheme). Following closures of the FIT scheme, no new applications could be accredited with some limited exceptions such as microgeneration installations of up to 50kW, and community and school installations. The schemes which remain eligible needed to be pre-registered or pre-accredited to the FIT scheme and were required to apply for accreditation by a certain date (mostly by 31st March 2020). The coronavirus pandemic has made it impossible for those schemes to apply for accreditation within the required timeframe. Therefore these Regulations extend the date for application as detailed below.
Application for accreditation to the FIT scheme – community or school energy installations Where an application for pre-registration was received between 1st – 31st March 2019, the final date for application for accreditation is extended from 31st March 2020 to 30th September 2020.
Validity of pre-registration for community solar-photovoltaic schemes not exceeding 50kW
If the application for pre-registration was received between 1st – 30th March 2019, the validity of the pre-registration is extended from 31st March 2020 to 30th September 2020.
For wind, anaerobic digestion and hydroelectric installations, the validity of preliminary accreditation is extended by 6 months, or to 30th September 2020
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