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    17.03.2023
    Moyen-Orient

    Elec­tric Ve­hicle Char­ging In­fras­truc­ture in the Uni­ted Arab Emi­rates and the King­dom of Saudi Ara­bia

    With the transport sector accounting for a major part of greenhouse emissions in the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“KSA”), the rapid take up of Electric Vehicles (“EVs”) will be vital for the UAE and KSA to meet their carbon neutrality targets by 2050 and 2060 respectively.In the UAE, encouragement to transition to EVs has been enhanced by incentives and measures promoting EVs, such as the Roads and Transport Authority’s (“RTA”) creation of free parking spaces, exemptions from RTA EV registration and renewal fees...
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    16.03.2023
    United Kingdom

    UK Spring Bud­get 2023: energy and heat sec­tor im­pli­ca­tions

    The UK government has made a number of announcements in its Spring Budget.  We have set out below the key measures that will impact the energy and heating sector. The full Spring Budget can be found here.The key announcements of measures in the energy sector are:£20 billion funding for early deployment of Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) projects The UK Government has allocated £20 billion over next two decades towards funding of CCUS (including BECCS) projects. The form that this support will take has not been specified.The Government has restated its support of the preferred...
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    14.03.2023
    Chine

    China has ac­ce­ded to the Hague Con­ven­tion of 5 Oc­to­ber 1961 Abo­li­shing the Re­qui­re­ment of Le­ga­li­sa­tion for Fo­reign Pu­blic Do­cu­ments

    On 8 March 2023, the People's Republic of China (the "PRC") has (finally!) acceded to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (the "Convention").The Convention between the PRC, as the acceding state, and other member states (which will not have raised an objection; see below) will enter into force as of 7 November 2023.This constitutes a long-awaited and very positive development.Please click here to read the full article.
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    10.03.2023
    United Kingdom

    What to do about Pre­Pay­ment Me­ters: Re­gu­la­tor calls for evi­dence

    Introduction On 21 February 2023, Ofgem published a call for evidence which seeks views on the use of prepayment metering (“PPM”). This call for evidence comes at a time of wider investigation into potential breaches by suppliers of their electricity supply licence conditions with respect to PPMs.Suppliers’ Obligations on PPMCircumstances in which a PPM can be installedStandard Licence Conditions (“SLC”) 27 and 28 stipulate PPMs should only be installed where it is “safe and reasonably practicable”. Ofgem’s guidance on switching a customer to PPM...
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    09.03.2023
    United Kingdom

    Con­sul­ta­tion on In­flexible Of­fers Li­cence Con­di­tion (IOLC)

    In its Call for Input (see our previous Law-Now here) on 4 November 2022, Ofgem proposed a number of intervention options to address high balancing costs incurred by NGESO which are ultimately borne by customers. Ofgem’s preference was to introduce a licence condition that would prevent generators obtaining an “excessive benefit” in the Balancing Mechanism in certain circumstances, largely based on the Transmission Constraint Licence Condition (“TCLC”).Following the responses to the Call for Input, Ofgem has decided to press ahead with its initial preference, setting...
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    08.03.2023
    United Kingdom

    Four-year ahead (T-4) Ca­pa­city Mar­ket Auc­tion for 2026-27 de­li­very year

    National Grid Electricity System Operator (in its capacity as EMR Delivery Body) published the final results of the T-4 Capacity Auction, relating to the 2026/2027 Delivery Year, on 3 March 2023 (published here). The auction cleared at a record high of £63.00/kW/year, which is almost double the clearing price in last year’s T-4 Auction (£30.59/kW/year).In this article, we consider the CM auction results in detail, together with some industry context and implications.ResultsA total of 43,000MW in Capacity Agreements have been awarded to 542 Capacity Market Units (“CMUs”)...
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