Electricity Citation and commencement 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Power Purchase Agreement Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015. 2 Regulations 1, 2 and 8(1) come into force on 20th July 2015. 3 Except as stated in paragraph (2), these Regulations come into force on 1st October 2015. Amendment of the Power Purchase Agreement Scheme Regulations 2014 2 The Power Purchase Agreement Scheme Regulations 2014 are amended as follows. Amendment of regulation 5 (sending expressions of interest to all licensed suppliers) 3 In regulation 5(4)(a), after “expression of interest” omit “or project information”. Amendment of regulation 6 (determination as to whether electricity generator meets eligibility requirements) 4 For regulation 6(6)(a) substitute— a the electricity generator has (or a previous party to the relevant contract in respect of the generating station specified in the expression of interest has) failed to provide to the Authority within the 5-day period starting with the date on which the relevant notice was given— i in respect of the expression of interest to which the current determination relates, any project information requested in a notice under paragraph (5); ii in respect of a previous expression of interest, any project information requested in a notice under paragraph (5) or any updated project information or confirmation requested in a notice under paragraph 3(1) of the Schedule. . Amendment of regulation 16 (records to be maintained by the Authority) 5 For regulation 16(1)(a) substitute— a an electricity generator fails to provide any— i project information requested in a notice under regulation 6(5); or ii updated project information or confirmation requested in a notice under paragraph 3(1) of the Schedule, within the 5-day period starting with the date on which the relevant notice was given; . Amendment of regulation 17 (annual reports) 6 For regulation 17(1)(e) substitute— e the total amount of electricity provided by electricity generators under BPPAs in that OLR year; and . Amendment of regulation 19 (calculations required for purposes of Part 3 of the 2014 Regulations) 7 In regulation 19(2)(a), for “purchased by” substitute “provided to”. Amendment of regulation 21 (periodic levelisation payments) 8 1 In regulation 21(1), after “apply in” omit “in”. 2 In regulation 21(8), for “an annual” substitute “a periodic”. Amendment of regulation 27 (termination of supply licence) 9 In regulation 27(1), for “(E)” substitute “(“E”)”. Amendment of Part 1 of the Schedule (the auction) 10 1 In paragraph 2(2) of the Schedule, after “subject to paragraph” insert “3(1A) and”. 2 After paragraph 3(1) of the Schedule insert— 1A If within the first 2 days of the 10-day period specified in paragraph 2 the Authority receives an updated version of the project information from the eligible generator— a the date on which the auction closes is unchanged; b the Authority must send a revised OLR notice to all licensed suppliers in accordance with regulation 7(1)(b); and c the Authority must state in the revised OLR notice that the date on which the auction closes is unchanged. . 3 In paragraph 3(2)(c) of the Schedule, for “a copy” substitute “the revised OLR notice”. Amendment of Part 2 of the Schedule (selecting a licensed supplier in respect of a BPPA) 11 1 For paragraph 5(2) of the Schedule substitute— 2 The Authority must take no account of any bid made by a licensed supplier which— a is not connected to a GSP group that is specified in the eligible generator’s project information in relation to the generating station specified in that project information; or b was submitted before a revised OLR notice was issued in accordance with paragraph 3(1A) or 3(2)(c). . 2 For paragraph 9(1) of the Schedule substitute— 1 The Authority must take no account of any bid made by a licensed supplier which— a is not connected to a GSP group that is specified in the eligible generator’s project information in relation to the generating station specified in that project information; or b was submitted before a revised OLR notice was issued in accordance with paragraph 3(1A) or 3(2)(c). . 3 In paragraph 12(a) of the Schedule before “OLR” insert “the”. Andrea Leadsom Minister of State Department of Energy and Climate Change 23rd June 2015