These proposed exemptions are subject to approval as a state aid by the European Commission and that is not expected to be decided before the end of January 2001, at the earliest. Renewable generators will apply to Ofgem for accreditation. Those certificates will then be sold to suppliers with the electricity. Suppliers will use the certificates as evidence of the amount of renewable electricity supplied when claiming an exemption from the Levy. Generators will sell electricity to energy suppliers along with the levy exemption certificate.
Energy suppliers can then supply the electricity to non-domestic users free of the levy.
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