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The 2005/06 Renewables Obligation Review

In the 2003 Energy White Paper, the Government committed to a Review of the Renewables Obligation in 2005 after three years of operational experience.

The terms of reference for the Review were published in November 2004. The terms of reference provided for a limited review of the Renewables Obligation framework, guided by our intention to maintain confidence in the long-term stability of the Obligation.

A preliminary consultation document, which set out the key issues in each area of the Review and the considerations that would guide our decision-making was published in March 2005.

The statutory consultation document published in October 2005 set out the Government’s proposed position and sought views on changes to the Renewables Obligation Order 2005, on the Regulatory Impact Assessment and on the draft Order. The changes discussed were to: make some limited changes to the eligibility of electricity generated from mixed wastes; modify future rules for low cost technologies, and simplify the administrative arrangements for the Obligation.

Preliminary Consultation

• 2005-06 Review of the Renewables Obligation preliminary consultation document (1148KB)
• Eligibility of energy from waste - study and analysis. The options for and implications of amending the renewables obligation eligibility rules for energy recovery from mixed wastes (674KB)
• The costs of supplying renewable energy (594KB)
• What is the potential for commercially viable renewable generation technologies? (411KB)
• Report on the study into a proposal to alter the treatment of CHP under the Renewables Obligation (129KB)
• The Renewables Obligation Review - preliminary consultation document. Initial Regulatory Impact Assessement (16KB)

Statutory Consultation

• 2005/06 review of the renewables obligation: statutory consultation document (700KB)
• What is the impact of limiting ROC eligibility for low-cost renewable generation technologies? (350KB)
• Extending ROC eligibility to energy from waste with CHP (614KB)
• A study of the impact of exempting CHP electricity exports from the renewables obligation base (1018KB)
• 2005-06 review of the renewables obligation statutory consultation supplementary issue - ROCs claimed but not issued (18KB)
• Renewables obligation order 2006: final decisions - January 2006 (17KB)
• Regulatory impact assessment: renewables obligation order 2006 (344KB)
• Draft Renewables Obligation Order 2006  (342KB)

• SI 2006 No 1004 – The Renewables Obligation Order 2006