CfD Stakeholder Bulletin — 11 January 2023
Summary
DESNZ published the Exemptions Request Notice for CfD Allocation Round 5, setting procedures for generators to request exemption from temporary site exclusions. The round opens in March 2023, with exemption requests required by a specified deadline to remain eligible. Sites currently excluded are listed on the LCCC website.
Why it matters
This is routine administration of an existing queue-based allocation system rather than reform. The exemption process maintains the binary nature of CfD eligibility — generators are either in or out of each round based on administrative decisions rather than price discovery.
Key facts
- •CfD Allocation Round 5 opens March 2023
- •Exemption requests have unspecified deadline
- •Excluded sites listed on LCCC website
Timeline
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Memo
Contracts for Difference: Stakeholder Bulletin 11 January 2023 Publication of the Exemptions Request Notice The government has published the Exemptions Request Notice for Allocation Round 5. This notice sets out the procedure generators must follow if they want to be exempted from their temporary site exclusion and compete in the 5th allocation round, due to open in March 2023. • Exemptions Request Notice Details of which sites are currently excluded can be found on the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) website. The notice sets out details of: • which technologies are eligible for the 5th allocation round • the relevant delivery years • the date by which a request for exemption must be received • where requests should be sent If an excluded site does not apply for an exemption, then they will not be eligible to apply for the 5th allocation round. See the CfD microsite for more information about the notice and the CfD scheme. UK General Data Protection Regulation This stakeholder bulletin is being circulated to people who have opted in to the Contracts for Difference stakeholder contact list. We issue these stakeholder bulletins as a convenience to interested parties, however it is not in any way essential to be on this list to participate in major consultations or allocation rounds. Purpose & scope of this list: This list is managed by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) (and any successor departments) and will be used to inform interested parties of policy developments relevant to the Contracts for Difference scheme for renewable energy projects (and any direct successor schemes). It is not used for any other purposes. To be removed from the circulation list: Please send a blank e-mail with the subject ‘opt out’ (if the receiving e-mail you use is different to the one you send the e-mail from, include that e-mail address in the subject of the e-mail) to BEISContractsForDifference@beis.gov.uk. If you have received this indirectly and want to be added to this list: Send a blank e-mail with the subject line ‘opt in’ to BEISContractsForDifference@beis.gov.uk. You can withdraw your consent to opt in at any time. We will normally keep your address on this list until you: a) withdraw your consent to opt in, b) the scheme closes without any successor, c) we receive reports your email address is no longer operational, or d) you do not respond to a periodic request from us to reconfirm your desire to opt in.