Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

(a) the electricity to which the declaration relates is intended to be sold by the operator or, as the case may be, by an intermediary acting on his behalf through the SEM Pool;

(b) there exists in relation to each unit of that electricity a relevant arrangement within the meaning of paragraph (11) (and no more than one such arrangement);

(c) the terms of that relevant arrangement shall be materially complied with by the parties thereto.

    (11) For the purposes of paragraph (10), a relevant arrangement means an agreement between the operator of the generating station and an electricity supplier which provides that, in relation to the period to which the declaration relates, the electricity supplier—

(a) shall purchase through the SEM Pool not less than an amount of electricity specified in or determined under the agreement being an amount that shall not exceed the amount of electricity sold through the SEM Pool by the operator or, as the case may be, the intermediary in that period;

(b) shall purchase through the SEM Pool a total amount of electricity which is not less than the aggregate of:


(i) the amount of electricity specified in or determined under the agreement; and

(ii) the amount of electricity specified or determined in any other relevant arrangements to which that electricity supplier is a party in respect of that period; and



(c) shall supply to customers in Northern Ireland from the electricity purchased through the SEM Pool a total amount of electricity which is not less than the aggregate of the amounts of electricity referred to in sub-paragraphs (b)(i) and (b)(ii).

    (12) In this Article—