The Renewables Obligation Closure Order 2014

• (i) which was accredited on or before 22nd July 2015, and

• (ii) in relation to which the documents specified in paragraph (2) have been submitted by the operator of the station to the Authority.

• (2) The documents specified in this paragraph are—

• (a) subject to paragraph (3), evidence that a valid application for planning permission for the pre-2017 additional capacity to form part of the station was made on or before 22nd July 2015;

• (b) subject to paragraph (4)—

• (i) a copy of an offer from a licensed network operator made on or before 22nd July 2015 to modify the connection between the station and a transmission or distribution system in order to enable the electricity generated using pre-2017 additional capacity to be conveyed over that connection, and

• (ii) evidence that the offer referred to in paragraph (i) was accepted on or before 22nd July 2015 (whether or not such acceptance was subject to any conditions or other terms); and

• (c) a declaration by the operator of the station that, to the best of their knowledge and belief, as at 22nd July 2015 a developer of the station (or a person connected with a developer of the station within the meaning of section 1122 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010)—

• (i) was an owner or lessee of the land on which the station is situated,

• (ii) had entered into an agreement to purchase or to lease the land on which the station is situated,

• (iii) had an option to purchase or to lease the land on which the station is situated, or

• (iv) was a party to an exclusivity agreement in relation to the land on which the station is situated.

• (3) Paragraph (2)(a) does not apply if the operator of the station has submitted to the Authority—

• (a) a copy of a planning permission which was granted on or before 22nd July 2015 for the pre-2017 additional capacity to form part of the station, or

• (b) a declaration in writing by the operator of the station that, to the best of their knowledge and belief, planning permission is not required for the pre-2017 additional capacity to form part of the station.

• (4) Paragraph (2)(b) does not apply if the operator of the station has submitted to the Authority a declaration in writing that, to the best of their knowledge and belief—

• (a) the station is not connected to any transmission or distribution system, or

• (b) no modifications to the connection between the station and a transmission or distribution system were required to be carried out by a licensed network operator in order to enable the electricity generated using pre-2017 additional capacity to be conveyed over that connection.

Circumstances relating to additional capacity used by small solar pv stations accredited on or before the small solar pv closure date

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• (1) The circumstances set out in this article are where the electricity is generated by a small solar pv station which was accredited on or before the small solar pv closure date and generated using—

• (a) additional capacity which in the Authority’s view first formed part of the station from a date no later than the small solar pv closure date, or

• (b) pre-2017 additional capacity in respect of which the documents specified in paragraph (2) have been submitted by the operator of the station to the Authority.

• (2) The documents specified in this paragraph are—

• (a) evidence of an agreement with a network operator (“the relevant network operator”) to carry out grid works in relation to the station (“the relevant grid works”);

• (b) a copy of a document written by, or on behalf of, the relevant network operator which estimated or set a date for completion of the relevant grid works (“the planned grid works completion date”) which was no later than 31st March 2016;

• (c) a letter or email written by, or on behalf of, the relevant network operator confirming (whether or not such confirmation is subject to any conditions or other terms) that—

• (i) the relevant grid works were completed after the planned grid works completion date, and

• (ii) in the relevant network operator’s opinion, the failure to complete the relevant grid works on or before the planned grid works completion date was not due to any breach by a developer of the station of any agreement with the relevant network operator; and

• (d) a declaration by the operator of the station that, to the best of their knowledge and belief, the pre-2017 additional capacity would have formed part of the station on or before 31st March 2016 if the relevant grid works had been completed on or before the planned grid works completion date.

No certificates to be issued in respect of electricity generated after 31st March 2017 by stations which are not ... solar pv stations

Circumstances relating to generating stations accredited, and generating capacity added, on or before 31st March 2017

Circumstances relating to certain delays in grid or radar works in the case of generating stations accredited on or before 31st March 2017

Circumstances relating to certain delays in grid or radar works in the case of generating stations first accredited after 31st March 2017

Circumstances relating to generating stations in respect of which an investment contract has ceased to have effect

Circumstances relating to certain generating stations that have been allocated a place within the dedicated biomass cap

Circumstances relating to certain Scottish offshore wind generating stations using test and demonstration wind turbines

Circumstances relating to certain Scottish offshore wind generating stations using floating wind turbines

Circumstances relating to certain offshore wind, gasification or pyrolysis generating stations notified to the Authority on or before the relevant date

Circumstances relating to certain biomass generating stations having been certified under the CHPQA and notified to the Authority on or before the relevant date

Notices of intent