Commentary on Sections Part 2: Sustainability and Renewable Energy Sources Chapter 4: Renewables Obligations Relating to Electricity Section 117: Use of green certificates issued in Northern Ireland
274.Section 117 provides that an order made under section 32 of the Electricity Act 1989 may provide for a GB electricity supplier to discharge its renewables obligation in GB by producing a renewables obligation certificate issued under the Northern Ireland equivalent of the section 32 order (a “NIROC”).