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Electricity Act 1994
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### sec.55DBA Electricity produced by small photovoltaic generator
This section applies if—
a prescribed retailer provides customer retail services to a relevant qualifying customer’s premises; and
the relevant qualifying customer is not entitled to receive an amount for electricity mentioned in section 44A (1) (b) in relation to the premises.
A relevant qualifying customer may be entitled to receive an amount for electricity mentioned in section 44A (1) (b) in relation to the premises under section 44A as it continues to apply under section 328 .
The prescribed retailer must—
reduce the charges payable by the customer, for electricity supplied to the customer in the relevant supply period, by the feed-in tariff amount; and
if the feed-in tariff amount is more than the charges payable for the relevant supply period (the first period )—
reduce the charges payable for a subsequent relevant supply period by the unused amount of the feed-in tariff amount; and
if, after the end of 12 months after the end of the first period, an amount of the feed-in tariff amount has not been used under subparagraph (i) —pay the customer the unused amount of the feed-in tariff amount; and
give the customer the following information for each relevant supply period—
the amount of electricity supplied by the customer to the supply network;
the feed-in tariff amount.
In this section—
feed-in tariff amount means the amount worked out by multiplying the feed-in tariff decided under chapter 4 , part 2A by the number of kilowatt hours of electricity that is, at any instant in the relevant supply period—
produced by 1 small photovoltaic generator connected at the relevant qualifying customer’s premises to a supply network; and
supplied to the network.
s 55DBA ins 2014 No. 31 s 8
amd 2014 No. 48 s 29A
(sec.55DBA-ssec.1) This section applies if— a prescribed retailer provides customer retail services to a relevant qualifying customer’s premises; and the relevant qualifying customer is not entitled to receive an amount for electricity mentioned in section 44A (1) (b) in relation to the premises. A relevant qualifying customer may be entitled to receive an amount for electricity mentioned in section 44A (1) (b) in relation to the premises under section 44A as it continues to apply under section 328 .
(sec.55DBA-ssec.2) The prescribed retailer must— reduce the charges payable by the customer, for electricity supplied to the customer in the relevant supply period, by the feed-in tariff amount; and if the feed-in tariff amount is more than the charges payable for the relevant supply period (the first period )— reduce the charges payable for a subsequent relevant supply period by the unused amount of the feed-in tariff amount; and if, after the end of 12 months after the end of the first period, an amount of the feed-in tariff amount has not been used under subparagraph (i) —pay the customer the unused amount of the feed-in tariff amount; and give the customer the following information for each relevant supply period— the amount of electricity supplied by the customer to the supply network; the feed-in tariff amount.
(sec.55DBA-ssec.3) In this section— feed-in tariff amount means the amount worked out by multiplying the feed-in tariff decided under chapter 4 , part 2A by the number of kilowatt hours of electricity that is, at any instant in the relevant supply period— produced by 1 small photovoltaic generator connected at the relevant qualifying customer’s premises to a supply network; and supplied to the network.
- (a) a prescribed retailer provides customer retail services to a relevant qualifying customer’s premises; and
- (b) the relevant qualifying customer is not entitled to receive an amount for electricity mentioned in section 44A (1) (b) in relation to the premises. Note— A relevant qualifying customer may be entitled to receive an amount for electricity mentioned in section 44A (1) (b) in relation to the premises under section 44A as it continues to apply under section 328 .
- (a) reduce the charges payable by the customer, for electricity supplied to the customer in the relevant supply period, by the feed-in tariff amount; and
- (b) if the feed-in tariff amount is more than the charges payable for the relevant supply period (the first period )— (i) reduce the charges payable for a subsequent relevant supply period by the unused amount of the feed-in tariff amount; and (ii) if, after the end of 12 months after the end of the first period, an amount of the feed-in tariff amount has not been used under subparagraph (i) —pay the customer the unused amount of the feed-in tariff amount; and
- (i) reduce the charges payable for a subsequent relevant supply period by the unused amount of the feed-in tariff amount; and
- (ii) if, after the end of 12 months after the end of the first period, an amount of the feed-in tariff amount has not been used under subparagraph (i) —pay the customer the unused amount of the feed-in tariff amount; and
- (c) give the customer the following information for each relevant supply period— (i) the amount of electricity supplied by the customer to the supply network; (ii) the feed-in tariff amount.
- (i) the amount of electricity supplied by the customer to the supply network;
- (ii) the feed-in tariff amount.
- (i) reduce the charges payable for a subsequent relevant supply period by the unused amount of the feed-in tariff amount; and
- (ii) if, after the end of 12 months after the end of the first period, an amount of the feed-in tariff amount has not been used under subparagraph (i) —pay the customer the unused amount of the feed-in tariff amount; and
- (i) the amount of electricity supplied by the customer to the supply network;
- (ii) the feed-in tariff amount.
- (a) produced by 1 small photovoltaic generator connected at the relevant qualifying customer’s premises to a supply network; and
- (b) supplied to the network.