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Draft response to Consultation on

27/7/2012

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Proposals for an Integrated Framework of environmental regulation (SEPA)

I have drafted a response to the consultation here.  Please  comment on the blog if you have any changes to suggest and please submit your own responses to SEPA directly to this email address using this form.  Responses must be received by 4th August 2012 - see alo previous blog entry
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Feed-in Tariff consultation announcement

22/7/2012

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DECC have announced the changes from 1 October and 1 December 2012 here.

I have extracted decisions relevant to micro hydro from the Government response following the consultation and added my initial comments here.  Key points differing from the present arrangements are:

  • the issue of accreditation for micro hydro schemes has been resolved: accreditation by Ofgem using the ROO-FIT process, and not MCS, will be the "more permanent arrangement" for determining eligibility for the Feed-in Tariff from now and "indefinitely"; there will be no alternative accreditation method for the present but there will be further discussion on this
  • micro hydro schemes will be allowed to apply for "preliminary accreditation" at the prevailing FiT rate once they have obtained planning consent, any necessary environmental licences and, where applicable, a grid connection offer
  • energy efficiency requirements will not be applied to micro hydro schemes
  • index-linking will remain, based on RPI
  • the export tariff will be increased to 4.5p from 1 December 2012 (for new installations)
  • a new intermediate hydro band in the range of 100–500kW, with a generation tariff of 15.5p/kWh from 1 December 2012; the full tariff table for hydropower from 1 Octber 2012 is otherwise as proposed  (the new tariffs apply only to new installations):
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  • a new mechanism is being introduced to cap the cost of the Feed-in Tariff called "degression".  This will mean a reduction in the tariff for new installations as more hydro schemes are implemented but DECC have not split the cap between different capacity bands.  The implementation of a few large-scale schemes is likely to result in reductions in the tariff before many micro hydro schemes have been implemented owing to the limited industry resources in this sector.
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EA consultation on hydropower Good Practice Guidelines - Update

1/7/2012

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The EA has now confirmed how it proposes to re-activate the consultation by issuing the following to the hydropower Working Group:

"Programme
  • We will publish our supplementary consultation on flow/abstraction standards at the end of July (date to be confirmed). The consultation will be open for 12 weeks.
  • We will consider the responses during October and November and expect to reach a decision on a way forward towards the end of November 2012.
  • We anticipate publishing the revised GPG in early 2013.
  • We aim to publish the Summary of Responses to our first consultation on the GPG review at the same time as we publish the Supplementary Consultation."

Both the BHA and the mha have expressed concern at the way flow/abstraction standards have been addressed during the consultation and have asked to meet senior EA management to discuss a satisfactory way forward.  I will post developments on the mha website.

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