Renewable Obligation

  • Media Mentions

    Engerati | Wind pipeline misses target

    Our figures showing the total offshore wind capacity would reach only 29.7GW by 2030 was featured in Engerati Assuming all prospective sites with seabed leasing are built, the current pipeline will fall well short of the 40GW by 2030 target recently reiterated by government. In fact, this would start falling...

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    Cornwall Insight comments on Renewables Obligation mutualisation

    Commenting on the announcement that Ofgem has confirmed mutualisation has been triggered for the 2019-20 compliance period (CP 18) of the Renewables Obligation (RO), Tim Dixon, Wholesale Team Lead Cornwall Insight, said: “This will be the third consecutive year in a row that mutualisation will have been triggered. This CP...

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    The Renewables Obligation Certificate market risks being oversupplied

    Forecasts from Cornwall Insight highlight the Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs) supply and demand gap will be narrower in the 2020-21 compliance period than in previous years, due to lower overall electricity demand expectations. In fact, there is a material risk of ROCs being oversupplied should certain conditions arise, which would...

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    Cornwall Insight Explainer: Renewable Obligation Mutualisation

    Ofgem confirmed on 7 November that mutualisation for the Renewables Obligation (RO) had been triggered for 2018-19 – Compliance Period (CP) 17 – the second consecutive year this has happened. The initial shortfall in buy-out payments was £206.0mn, more than double last year’s level, against a total amount owed of...

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    Cornwall Insight comments on the looming Renewables Obligation mutualisation

    The end of this month marks the end of the annual Renewables Obligation (RO) compliance period where electricity suppliers that have not already fulfilled their obligation must make payments into the ‘late payment fund’. Last year, the series of supplier exits from the market created a shortfall in payments due...

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    Cornwall Insight responds to Ofgem’s announcement on Toto energy exiting the market

    Commenting on Ofgem’s announcement that Toto Energy has ceased to trade Robert Buckley Head of Retail and Relationship Development at Cornwall Insight, said:  “Failure of any business affects many people, including its customers, and it is always sad to see one fail. “The Renewables Obligation (RO) deadline is looming, and...

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    Higher energy bills likely due to the Saudi oil attacks

    Confirmation from the Saudi Arabian energy minister that drone strikes had reduced the country’s oil output by around half is set to resonate across the energy markets, raising the prospect of higher energy bills for customers. Early trading today has seen the price of oil increase from $60.22/bl to $71.95/bl...

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    More than £40mn to be recovered from consumers due to failed suppliers Renewable Obligations

    As generators are starting to receive their final Renewables Obligation Certificates (Rocs) for generation during the compliance period (CP)17 (2018-19) of the Renewables Obligation (RO), eyes will soon be turning to suppliers regarding the upcoming compliance deadline this summer. Latest calculations from Cornwall Insight’s Long-term Roc Market Forecast, predict that...

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    Renewable Obligation mutualisation predicted to be almost £44mn

    To protect the financial integrity of the Renewables Obligation (RO), a mutualisation mechanism kicks-in where sufficient missing payments creates a shortfall in the buy-out fund. Mutualisation recovers these missing payments from the remainder of the supply market. Mutualisation was triggered for Compliance Period (CP) 16 (2017-18) after 14 suppliers failed...