The Utility Regulator today publishes its decision on Aggregated Generator Unit (AGU) and Demand Side Unit (DSU) licensing arrangements.
An AGU refers to a collection of generators, who each have a capacity of no greater than 10MW, and each of which are either:
- on generation sites covered by more than one connection agreement; or
- where one or more of those generator sites which does not have a connection agreement and are not located on contiguous sites.
A DSU is a demand site (typically a medium to large industrial premise) which can reduce demand in response to dispatch instructions.
The decision paper explains the decisions taken in relation to the grant of modified generation licences following consideration of the responses received to the consultation paper which was published on 6 August 2014.
Details of individual non confidential responses to the consultation are available here.
Examples of the proposed licences are:
Generator Aggregator Licence - Comparite
Generator Aggregator Licence
DSU Operator Licence - Comparite
DSU Operator Licence
Interested AGU and DSU parties are advised to contact the Utility Regulator in advance of submitting an application for a modified generation license for additional guidance on the process. Contact details are available below.
Mary O’Kane
Wholesale Markets
Utility Regulator
Queens House
14 Queens Street
Belfast BT1 6ED
Tel: 028 9031 6333
E-mail: mary.okane@uregni.gov.uk