Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (Public Service Obligations) (Amendment) Order 2018.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: This Order may be cited as the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (Public Service Obligations) (Amendment) Order 2018.
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paragraphs: In this Order “Order of 2017” means the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (Public Service Obligations) (Amendment) Order 2017 ( S.I. No. 459 of 2017 ).
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paragraphs: The Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (Public Service Obligations) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 217 of 2002 ) is amended —
(a) in Article 2(1), by the insertion of the following definition:
“ ‘Department’ means the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment;”,
(b) in Article 2(1), by the substitution of the following definitions for the definitions of “AER V Notification”, “AER VI Notification”, “Notification”, “REFIT Contracts Notification” and “REFIT 3”:
“ ‘AER V Notification’ means the correspondence referred to in paragraph 1 of EU Commission document C(2002) 3 fin dated 15 January 2002 relating to a notification to the EU Commission (Reference No. N553/2001 – Ireland) pursuant to Article 88 of the Treaty, as modified by the letter from the Department to the EU Commission dated 20 July 2018 and the letter from the EU Commission to the Department dated 30 August 2018 relating to a notification to the EU Commission (Reference No. SA.50385 (2018/PN));
‘AER VI Notification’ means the correspondence referred to in paragraph 1 of EU Commission document C(2002) 3 fin dated 15 January 2002 relating to a notification to the EU Commission (Reference No. N553/2001 – Ireland) pursuant to Article 88 of the Treaty and the correspondence referred to in paragraph 1 of EU Commission document C(2004) 3284 dated 19 August 2004 relating to a notification to the EU Commission (Reference No. N447/2003 – Ireland) pursuant to Article 88 of the Treaty, as modified by the letter from the Department to the EU Commission dated 20 July 2018 and the letter from the EU Commission to the Department dated 30 August 2018 relating to a notification to the EU Commission (Reference No. SA.50385 (2018/PN));
‘Notification’ means the correspondence referred to at paragraphs 1 to 4 of EU Commission document C(2001) 3265 fin dated 30 October 2001 and at paragraphs 1 and 2 of EU Commission document C(2002) 5 fin dated 15 January 2002 relating to a notification to the EU Commission (Reference Nos. N6/A/2001 and N826/2001 – Ireland) pursuant to Articles 16 and 86 of the Treaty, as modified by the letter from the Department to the EU Commission dated 20 July 2018 and the letter from the EU Commission to the Department dated 30 August 2018 relating to a notification to the EU Commission (Reference No. SA.50385 (2018/PN));
‘REFIT Contracts Notification’ means the correspondence referred to in paragraph 1 of EU Commission document C(2007) 4317 dated 25 September 2007 relating to a notification to the EU Commission (Reference No. N571/2006 – Ireland) pursuant to Article 88 of the Treaty, the correspondence referred to in paragraph 1 of EU Commission document C(2012) 8 final dated 12 January 2011 (sic) relating to a notification to the EU Commission (Reference No. SA.31236 (2011/N) – Ireland) pursuant to Article 108 of the Treaty, or the correspondence referred to in paragraph 1 of EU Commission document C(2011) 7593 final dated 18 October 2011 relating to a notification to the EU Commission (Reference No. SA. 31861 (2011/N) Ireland) pursuant to Article 108 of the Treaty, as each modified by the letter from the Department to the EU Commission dated 20 July 2018 and the letter from the EU Commission to the Department dated 30 August 2018 relating to a notification to the EU Commission (Reference No. SA.50385 (2018/PN));
‘REFIT 3’ means the 2012 Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff (electricity generation from biomass technologies) scheme, as referred to in State Aid Decision C(2011) 7593 final reference SA. 31861 (2011/N) Ireland;”,
(c) in Article 4(1G) (amended by Article 2(a) of the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (Public Service Obligations) (Amendment) Order 2014 ( S.I. No. 603 of 2014 )), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (d):
“(d) in the case of REFIT 2, not later than 31 March 2020.”,