The Electricity (Exemption from the Requirement for a Generation Licence) (Galawhistle) Order 2015

• Citation: S.I. 2015/2040
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Electricity (Exemption from the Requirement for a Generation Licence) (Galawhistle) Order 2015 and comes into force on 18th January 2016.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

“ the Act ” means the Electricity Act 1989;

“the company” means Galawhistle Wind Farm Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 07715284;

“the generating station” means the Galawhistle wind farm, an electricity generating station whose entrance is located at Ordnance Survey map reference NS 787 284, approximately 15km south west of Lanark, 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.