S.I. No. 119/2023 - Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (Public Service Obligations) (Amendment) Order 2023

SCHEDULE 4

“Schedule 5

In this Schedule—

‘AD’ means anaerobic digestion;

‘anaerobic digestion’ means the process by which biomass material is broken down by micro-organisms under anaerobic conditions, and where the resulting biogas is used to generate electricity;

‘biomass’ means the biodegradable fraction of products, waste and residues from biological origin from agriculture (including vegetal and animal substances), forestry and related industries including fisheries and aquaculture, as well as the biodegradable fraction of industrial and municipal waste;

‘co-firing’ means the combustion of biomass, up to 30% of the stated electricity generation capacity of the plant in any single year, in one of the existing three peat fired power stations operational under state aid clearance;

‘cogeneration’ means the simultaneous generation in one process of thermal energy and electrical or mechanical energy, or electrical and mechanical energy;

‘HECHP’ means high efficiency cogeneration which complies with criteria specified in Annex II of Directive 2012/27/EC1.

(1) Ref No.	(2) REFIT Power Purchase Agreement Reference	(3) Supplier	(4) Electricity generator	(5) Generation plant Description	(6) Energy source of electricity	(7) Capacity Accepted into REFIT (MW)
1	1/3/1	Flogas Enterprise Solutions Ltd.	Green Generation Ltd.	Gorteen Lower Gas Generator Gorteen Lower Nurney Co. Kildare	AD HECHP	1.060
2	1/3/2	Flogas Enterprise Solutions Ltd.	BioCore Environmental AD1 Ltd.	BioCore Environmental AD1 Ltd. Tibohine Castlerea Co. Roscommon	AD HECHP	0.499
3	1/3/4	Flogas Enterprise Solutions Ltd.	Rockbrook A.D.	Rockbrook Ballyroan Portlaoise Co. Laois	AD HECHP	0.499
4	1/3/5	Bord Gáis Energy Ltd.	McDonnell Farms Biogas Ltd.	GreenGas AD Plant Dunmoylan Shanagolden Co. Limerick	AD HECHP	0.499
5	1/3/7	Dublin Waste to Energy Supply Ltd.	Dublin Waste to Energy Ltd.	Pigeon House Road Ringsend Dublin 4	Biomass HECHP	43.000*
6	1/3/10	Killowen Biogas Ltd.	Ormonde Organics AD	Killowen Portlaw Co. Waterford	AD HECHP	0.500
7	1/3/11	Flogas Enterprise Solutions Ltd.	Ballyshannon Recycling Ltd.	Adamstown Co. Wexford	AD HECHP	0.100
8	1/3/17	Killowen Biogas Ltd.	Ormonde Organics AD	Killowen Portlaw Co. Waterford	AD HECHP	0.499
9	1/3/20	Energia Customer Solutions Ltd.	Huntstown Bioenergy Ltd.	Huntstown Quarry North Road Finglas Dublin 11	AD HECHP	4.000
10	1/3/21	SSE Airtricity Ltd.	Cork Green Energy Ltd.	Gortnalicka Clondrohid Macroom Co. Cork	Biomass HECHP	1.200
11	1/3/23	Edenderry Supply Company Ltd.	Edenderry Power Ltd.	Ballykilleen Edenderry Co. Offaly	Biomass co-firing	38.400**
12	1/3/27	Flogas Enterprise Solutions Ltd.	Carrons Wind Farm Ltd.	Dunmoylan Shanagolden Co. Limerick	AD HECHP	0.500
13	1/3/32	Panda Power Ltd.	Biocore Environmental AD1 Ltd.	Tibohine Castlerea Co. Roscommon	AD HECHP	0.500
14	1/3/34	Killowen Biogas Ltd.	Eras Eco Ltd.	Foxhole Youghal Co. Cork	AD HECHP	0.498
15	1/3/41	Flogas Enterprise Solutions Ltd.	Recycled Products Ltd.	Cavanaweary Castlefinn Co. Donegal	Biomass HECHP	0.439
16	1/3/45	Flogas Enterprise Solutions Ltd.	Timoleague AgriGen Ltd.	Barrys Hall Timoleague Co. Cork	AD HECHP	0.500

*Note that these plants will have variable biodegradable fuel content, affecting the proportion of their exported electricity eligible for REFIT. This will be estimated ex-ante and will be certified for the purposes of REFIT calculations on an ex-post basis.

**Note exact MWh to receive REFIT in respect of these plants will only be known ex-post.

SCHEDULE 5 ”Schedule 6

In this Schedule—

‘onshore wind project’ means an onshore energy project using wind turbine generation which is connected directly to the electricity network and metered independently of any other electricity generating plant at a single metering point;

‘solar project’ means an onshore energy project using solar thermal or solar photovoltaic which is connected directly to the electricity network and metered independently of any other electricity generating plant at a single metering point.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

20 February, 2023.

EAMON RYAN,

Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order modifies and updates elements of Statutory Instrument 217 of 2002, the principal order, dealing with the public service obligation (PSO) on electricity consumers. This Order specifically includes the updating of Schedule 1 to allow for the payment of a PSO benefit, following the amendments to Section 39 of the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 via the EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Act 2022 . Included are new provisions to allow the CRU to recalculate the PSO and to request resubmissions from suppliers where it considers necessary. The order updates the principal order in respect of renewable energy projects in the Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Schemes and the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme.