The Electricity (Exemption from the Requirement for a Generation Licence) (Markinch) Order 2013

• Citation: S.I. 2013/1031
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Electricity (Exemption from the Requirement for a Generation Licence) (Markinch) Order 2013 and comes into force on 1st June 2013.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

“ the Act ” means the Electricity Act 1989;

“the company” means RWE Npower Renewables (Markinch) Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 06574689;

“the generating station” means the Markinch Biomass CHP facility, a generating station of that name whose entrance is located at Ordnance Survey map reference NO 284 014 in Markinch, near Glenrothes in Fife, Scotland;

“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 (transmission and distribution licences).

Section 3 Exemption from section 4(1)(a) of the Act

(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;

(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; and

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