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Hydroelectric Power: Smart Export Guarantee

Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN HL488, tabled on 24 May 2022

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 8 April (HL7358), whether hydro power companies are eligible for the Smart Export Guarantee; and if so, what the mechanism is for them to approach electricity suppliers.

Answered on

9 June 2022

The Smart Export Guarantee came into force on 1 January 2020 and requires most electricity suppliers to offer a tariff to buy electricity exported by small low-carbon generators, including small hydro. Licensed suppliers with more than 150,000 customers are required to offer at least one SEG tariff to small-scale, low-carbon generators.

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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy