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Electricity Act 1994
sec.179Application for generation authority
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### sec.179 Application for generation authority
An application for the issue of a generation authority must—
be made to the regulator in the form approved by the regulator; and
state—
the generating plant proposed to be connected; and
the transmission grid or supply network to which it is proposed to be connected; and
be accompanied by the fees prescribed under the regulations, including any fee for investigating whether the authority should be issued.
If asked in writing by the regulator, the applicant must give the further relevant information or evidence the regulator requires to decide the application.
s 179 amd 1997 No. 50 s 23 ; 2014 No. 48 s 80
(sec.179-ssec.1) An application for the issue of a generation authority must— be made to the regulator in the form approved by the regulator; and state— the generating plant proposed to be connected; and the transmission grid or supply network to which it is proposed to be connected; and be accompanied by the fees prescribed under the regulations, including any fee for investigating whether the authority should be issued.
(sec.179-ssec.2) If asked in writing by the regulator, the applicant must give the further relevant information or evidence the regulator requires to decide the application.
- (a) be made to the regulator in the form approved by the regulator; and
- (b) state— (i) the generating plant proposed to be connected; and (ii) the transmission grid or supply network to which it is proposed to be connected; and
- (i) the generating plant proposed to be connected; and
- (ii) the transmission grid or supply network to which it is proposed to be connected; and
- (c) be accompanied by the fees prescribed under the regulations, including any fee for investigating whether the authority should be issued.
- (i) the generating plant proposed to be connected; and
- (ii) the transmission grid or supply network to which it is proposed to be connected; and