{"id":6497,"date":"2022-04-12T21:09:04","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T20:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=6497"},"modified":"2022-04-12T21:11:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T20:11:28","slug":"four-weeks-left-to-apply-for-funding-to-update-electricity-generators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=6497","title":{"rendered":"FOUR WEEKS LEFT TO APPLY FOR FUNDING TO UPDATE ELECTRICITY GENERATORS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Local authorities that own or operate electricity generation like solar, wind, gas and combined heat and power (CHP) have got just four weeks left to apply for funding to help them update their generation equipment. The deadline for applications is Tuesday 10 May 2022.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The funding is part of the Accelerated Loss of Mains Change Programme (ALoMCP), a scheme operated by National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) and the GB Distribution Network Operators. The funding can help generation owners, like local authorities, become compliant with new mandatory Distribution Code regulations \u2013 the regulations that generator owners must abide by to connect to the electricity network. Once the funding ends, generator owners will still need to meet the compliance requirements but will have to pay for the updates themselves.<\/p>\n

The new regulations come into effect on 1 September 2022, by which point, all electricity generation within the scope of the programme must be compliant, or face Ofgem approved enforcement action. In Scotland alone, local authorities owned 16% of operational locally owned energy generation. Many of these authorities will own generators that are within the scope of the programme, which includes generation that:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Was installed before February 2018 (or in some cases, July 2018).
\n\u2022 Is between 11kW and 50MW in capacity.[1]
\n\u2022 Is connected via the G59 engineering requirement of the Distribution Code.<\/p>\n

The equipment updates concern the inverters, converters or G59 relays that are responsible for the Loss of Mains protection settings on the generator. They are an instrumental part of all generation equipment and help protect both the generator and the network from potential faults. In updating the protection settings, the generation becomes more reliable and therefore embeds the electricity network with more strength and resilience.<\/p>\n