The Electricity (Individual Exemption from the Requirement for a Generation Licence) (Riverside Energy Park) (England) Order 2025

Made: 8th September 2025

Laid before Parliament: 9th September 2025

Coming into force: 1st October 2025

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5(1) and (6)(a) of the Electricity Act 1989[^f00001].

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 and has considered any representations made.

Citation, commencement, extent and application

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Electricity (Individual Exemption from the Requirement for a Generation Licence) (Riverside Energy Park) (England) Order 2025 and comes into force on 1st October 2025.

• (2) The Order extends to England and Wales and Scotland.

• (3) This Order applies in relation to England only.

Exemption from prohibition of unlicensed generation of electricity for supply

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• (1) Exemption is granted from section 4(1)(a) of the Act (prohibition of unlicensed generation of electricity for supply) to Riverside Energy Park Limited in respect of Riverside 2.

• (2) The exemption in paragraph (1) is granted indefinitely.

• (3) The exemption granted by paragraph (1) is subject to the following conditions—

• (a) Riverside 2 is connected to the total system;

• (b) Riverside 2 does not export more than 100 megawatts of electrical power to the total system, except in circumstances outside the reasonable control of Riverside Energy Park Limited; and

• (c) Riverside Energy Park Limited does not hold a licence under section 6(1)(a) of the Act in relation to Riverside 2.

• (4) In this article—

• “the Act” means the Electricity Act 1989;

• “Riverside 2” means the energy from waste facility which is located in Belvedere, London, England, whose entrance is situated at Ordnance Survey map reference TQ 495 806[^f00002];

• “Riverside Energy Park Limited” means the company of that name registered in England and Wales with company number 11536739;

• “the total system” means all transmission systems and distribution systems, located in Great Britain, of holders of licences under section 6(1)(b) and (c) of the Act[^f00003].

Signed

Michael Shanks — Minister of State — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero — 8th September 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Explanatory Note

This Order grants exemption from the requirement to hold an electricity generation licence.

Section 4(1)(a) of the Electricity Act 1989 prohibits the generation of electricity for the purpose of giving a supply to any premises or enabling a supply to be so given without a licence. The Secretary of State, exercising the powers under section 5(1) of that Act, grants exemption indefinitely from the requirement to hold a generation licence to Riverside Energy Park Limited in respect of Riverside 2, an energy from waste facility in Belvedere, London, England.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1989 c. 29. Section 5 was substituted by section 29 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27). Section 5 has been amended by other instruments, but those amendments are not relevant to this Order.

[^f00002]: The Ordnance Survey map reference system is used to identify the position of a feature on Ordnance Maps (as defined in section 5 and Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30)).

[^f00003]: Section 6 was substituted by section 30 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27) and section 6(1)(b) was further substituted by section 136(1) of the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20). Section 6 has been amended by other instruments, but those amendments are not relevant to this Order.

Editorial notes

[^key-861623a59918d3c9a79fb0a0a86fdf5f]: Art. 1 in force at 1.10.2025, see art. 1(1)

[^key-9cdfea8d692f3bf9e021db93a0c48558]: Art. 2 in force at 1.10.2025, see art. 1(1)