Part 5: Wind power Section 80: Onshore wind power: circumstances in which certificates may be issued after the onshore wind closure date
Section 80 amends the Electricity Act 1989 to ensure that ROCs may continue to be issued for electricity generated by onshore wind generating stations accredited on or before the onshore wind closure date. It also sets out a number of exceptions which ensure that ROCs may continue to be issued for electricity generated by stations accredited after that date if they meet certain conditions. These conditions have been inserted into the Electricity Act 1989 as new sections 32LD to 32LL:
	Section 32LD ensures that ROCs may continue to be issued for electricity generated by onshore wind generating stations accredited on or before the onshore wind closure date or by additional capacity added to an existing accredited generating station which first formed part of the station on or before that date.
	Section 32LE allows ROCs to be issued for electricity generated by new onshore wind generating stations accredited in the year after the onshore wind closure date (or additional capacity added to a station during that period). This applies where the station or additional capacity was delayed by unforeseen grid and/or radar problems beyond the station’s control and is referred to as the grid or radar delay condition. The evidence requirements for this condition are set out in section 32LL.
	Section 32LF allows ROCs to be issued for electricity generated by new onshore wind generating stations accredited (or additional capacity added to a station) by 31 March 2017 where the station or additional capacity meets the approved development condition. This requires a station or the additional capacity to have received planning permission, accepted a grid connection offer and secured land rights by 18 June 2015. It also extends to certain projects which did not have planning permission on or before 18 June 2015, but which subsequently secured planning permission following an appeal. The evidence requirements for the approved development condition are set out in section 32LJ.
	Section 32LG allows ROCs to be issued for electricity generated by new onshore wind generating stations accredited (or additional capacity added to a station) between 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2018 where the station or the additional capacity meets the approved development condition and the grid or radar delay condition. The evidence requirements for these conditions are set out in sections 32LJ and 32LL.
	Section 32LH allows ROCs to be issued for electricity generated by new onshore wind generating stations accredited (or additional capacity added to a station) between 1 April 2017 and 31 January 2018 where the station or the additional capacity meets the approved development condition and also satisfies the investment freezing condition. The investment freezing condition requires projects to demonstrate that their financing arrangements were disrupted due to legislative uncertainty during the passage of this Act meaning they could not progress during that time. The evidence requirements for this condition are set out in section 32LK.
	Section 32LI allows ROCs to be issued for electricity generated by new onshore wind generating stations accredited (or additional capacity added to a station) between 1 February 2018 and 31 January 2019 where the station or the additional capacity meets both the approved development condition and the investment freezing condition and it also meets the grid or radar delay condition. The evidence requirements for these conditions are set out in sections 32LJ, 32LK and 32LL.
	Section 32LJ sets out the documents that need to be provided to the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (the "Authority") with the application for accreditation of the station (or submitted by the operator in respect of additional capacity) to demonstrate that the approved development condition is met.
	Section 32LK sets out the documents that need to be provided to the Authority with the application for accreditation of the station (or submitted by the operator in respect of additional capacity) to demonstrate that the investment freezing condition is met.
	Section 32LL sets out the documents that need to be provided to the Authority with the application for accreditation of the station (or submitted by the operator in respect of additional capacity) to demonstrate that the grid or radar delay condition is met.