Schedule 25C, Part 1, paragraph 2

In this Schedule “in-scope generator” means a generator other than an excepted generator. A “generator” is— a specified installation, a medium combustion plant which is used for the purpose of generating electricity, or a specified generator. A generator is an “excepted generator” if it falls within one or more of the following paragraphs— it operates with a defined nuclear safety role under a nuclear site licence (within the meaning of section 1 of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965) issued by the Office for Nuclear Regulation; it is a back-up generator; it is installed on an offshore platform (within the meaning of paragraph 2(2) of Part 1 of Schedule 25A) situated on, above or below the sea adjacent to England; it is installed on a gas storage or unloading platform (within the meaning of regulation 2 of the Offshore Combustion Installations (Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2013) situated in the sea adjacent to England; it has anchor plant capability, as defined in the Grid Code, issue 6, revision 27 published on 1st October 2024 by the National Energy System Operator; it uses gas generated from landfill waste as its sole source of fuel; it is a mobile generator other than one referred to in paragraphs 2(1)(a) or 2(1)(b) in Schedule 25B; For the purposes of this paragraph— a generator is a “back-up generator” if it is operated for the sole purpose of maintaining power supply to a site during an on-site emergency (and use for test purposes for no more than 50 hours in any single calendar year is to be regarded as falling within that purpose); “specified installation” means an installation carrying on any of the following activities for the purposes of generating electricity— an activity described in Part A(1) of Section 1.1 of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 1, or an activity described in Part A(1) of Section 5.1 of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Schedule 1.

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