The Electricity (Exemption from the Requirement for a Generation Licence) (Frodsham) (England and Wales) Order 2015

Made: 23rd June 2015

Laid before Parliament: 25th June 2015

Coming into force: 25th July 2015

The Secretary of State has given notice of the proposal to make this Order in accordance with section 5(2) and (3) of that Act. No representations in respect of the proposal have been made.

Citation and commencement

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This Order may be cited as the Electricity (Exemption from the Requirement for a Generation Licence) (Frodsham) (England and Wales) Order 2015 and comes into force on 25th July 2015.

Interpretation

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In this Order—

• “the Act” means the Electricity Act 1989;

• “the company” means Frodsham Wind Farm Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 07075301;

• “the generating station” means the Frodsham onshore wind farm, an electricity generating station located at Ordnance Survey map reference SJ489780, near Frodsham, Cheshire;

• “the total system in England and Wales” means— the transmission system of the holder of a licence under section 6(1)(b) of the Act; and all distribution systems, in each case, to the extent located in England and Wales.

Exemption from section 4(1)(a) of the Act

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• (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the company is granted exemption from section 4(1)(a) of the Act (prohibition of unlicensed generation of electricity for supply) in respect of the generating station.

• (2) The exemption granted in paragraph (1) is subject to compliance with the following conditions—

• (a) that the generating station is connected to the total system in England and Wales;

• (b) that, except in circumstances outside the reasonable control of the company, the generating station does not export more than 100 megawatts of electrical power to the total system in England and Wales; and

• (c) that the company does not hold a licence under section 6(1)(a) of the Act.

Signed

Andrea Leadsom — Minister of State — Department of Energy and Climate Change — 23rd June 2015

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order grants exemption from the requirements of section 4(1)(a) of the Electricity Act 1989 (which prohibits the generation of electricity for supply to any premises without a licence) to Frodsham Wind Farm Limited in relation to the Frodsham onshore wind farm, an electricity generating station located at Ordnance Survey map reference SJ489780, near Frodsham, Cheshire.

A regulatory impact assessment in respect of exemptions from the requirements of section 4(1)(a) of the Electricity Act 1989 was prepared in 2001 and can be obtained from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, Energy Markets Unit, 4th Floor, 3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW. Copies have been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1989 c.29. Section 5 was substituted by section 29 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27).