Renewables Obligation: Total obligation for 2020/21

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Total obligation:  119,090,744 ROCs

The Renewables Obligation (RO) requires licensed electricity suppliers to source a proportion of the electricity they supply to UK customers from renewable sources. We set suppliers’ obligations as a number of Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs). The obligation levels for 2020/21, announced by the Department for Business, Energy & Industry Strategy (BEIS) on the 27 September 2019, are:

  • 0.471 ROCs per MWh of electricity supplied to customers in England, Wales and Scotland
  • 0.185 ROCs per MWh of electricity supplied to customers in Northern Ireland.

Using these obligation levels and multiplying by the total electricity supplied (MWh) to UK customers during this obligation period (1 April 2020 – 31 March 2021), the total obligation for 2020/21 is 119,090,744 ROCs. Split out for each obligation this is:

  • 107,037,807 ROCs in England and Wales
  • 10,694,439 ROCs in Scotland
  •  1,358,498 ROCs in Northern Ireland.

Suppliers will have until 1 September 2021 to meet their obligations for 2020/21 (31 August for buy-out payments) by opting to either:

  • Present ROCs to us;
  • Make a buy-out payment of £50.05 per ROC; or
  • Use a combination of ROCs and a buy-out payment.

Any suppliers who do not meet their obligations in full by the end of 1 September will need to make a late payment by 31 October.

For more information, contact: recompliance@ofgem.gov.uk

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