The Electricity (Competitive Tenders for Offshore Transmission Licences) Regulations 2015
Decision
Publication date
Industry sector
Offshore Transmission Network
The Electricity (Competitive Tenders for Offshore Transmission Licences) Regulations 2015 (the “Regulations”) have now been published and will come into force on 3 August 2015. The 2015 Regulations set out the tender process framework for determining the person to whom an offshore transmission licence will be granted. This letter introduces the revised Tender Regulations, which will provide the framework for future offshore transmission competitive tender exercises expected to deliver billions of pounds of investment over the next decade. The letter sets out the key changes to the 2013 Tender Regulations and also highlights the changes made since our consultation on the draft 2015 Tender Regulations.
Annex 1 contains a summary of the key issues raised by respondents during the consultation and our response to these. Annex 2 provides a schematic of the project qualification and tender entry stages of the tender process for generator build and OFTO build tender exercises. The 2015 Regulations are provided in Annex 3. Annex 4 provides a copy of the 2015 Regulations with all the changes marked up against the 2013 Regulations and Annex 5 provides a copy of the 2015 Regulations with all changes marked up against the draft 2015 Regulations consulted on in March. These are provided to assist stakeholders in reviewing the changes. The explanatory notes at the end of the draft Regulations set out the overall content of the Regulations and how they fit together.