CfD Stakeholder Bulletin — 22 November 2022
Summary
DESNZ sets Supply Chain Plan application window for CfD Allocation Round 5 from 5-12 December 2022. Projects ≥300MW or floating offshore wind of any size must submit plans. Independent assessors will evaluate submissions with feedback sessions in January 2023.
Why it matters
Administrative process notice that maintains existing supply chain requirements without changing thresholds or assessment criteria. The independent assessment introduces external validation but does not alter the fundamental gate-keeping role of supply chain plans in the CfD allocation process.
Key facts
- •Application window: 5-12 December 2022
- •300MW threshold for supply chain plan requirement
- •All floating offshore wind projects require plans regardless of size
- •Independent assessor involved in evaluation
- •Feedback sessions scheduled week of 9 January 2023
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Memo
Contracts for Difference: Stakeholder Bulletin 22 November 2022 Preparing for submitting supply chain plans for CfD allocation round 5: Application window opens on 5 December In advance of the Supply Chain Plan (SCP) application window opening, from 5 December until 9am on 12 December 2022, we wanted to send you some helpful information. • If you are a potential applicant with a proposed project for AR5 that is equal to or greater than 300MW or that is a floating offshore wind project of any size, you will need to submit a SCP. So that we can establish a secure area for you to upload your SCP documents, we will need you to email the SCP inbox – supplychainplan@beis.gov.uk – a week before you submit your plan stating your intention to submit a SCP. When you contact us, please also inform of us of who you would like us to give access to this secure area, providing us with relevant email addresses. Assessment of the SCPs will partly be carried out by an independent assessor. Although this independent assessor will be bound by confidentiality, if you would prefer them to see a redacted version of your SCP, please also submit to us this redacted version of your SCP during the SCP window. If you would like to additionally highlight what is commercially sensitive, please do so. BEIS will need to see an unredacted version of your SCP. Finally, once you have notified us of your intention to submit a SCP, we recommend that you book in a provisional feedback session with us, where we can offer feedback on your proposed SCP and clarify any aspects of your SCP that we are unclear on. These sessions will be held virtually and we are looking to hold them in the week commencing 9 January 2023. If you have any further questions, please send them to the SCP inbox, and we will endeavour to respond within three working days. The SCP questionnaires and guidance may be accessed via the microsite. UK General Data Protection Regulation This stakeholder bulletin is being circulated to people who have opted in to the Contracts for Difference stakeholder contact list. We issue these stakeholder bulletins as a convenience to interested parties, however it is not in any way essential to be on this list to participate in major consultations or allocation rounds. Purpose & scope of this list: This list is managed by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) (and any successor departments) and will be used to inform interested parties of policy developments relevant to the Contracts for Difference scheme for renewable energy projects (and any direct successor schemes). It is not used for any other purposes. To be removed from the circulation list: Please send a blank e-mail with the subject ‘opt out’ (if the receiving e-mail you use is different to the one you send the e-mail from, include that e-mail address in the subject of the e-mail) to BEISContractsForDifference@beis.gov.uk. If you have received this indirectly and want to be added to this list: Send a blank e-mail with the subject line ‘opt in’ to BEISContractsForDifference@beis.gov.uk. You can withdraw your consent to opt in at any time. We will normally keep your address on this list until you: a) withdraw your consent to opt in, b) the scheme closes without any successor, c) we receive reports your email address is no longer operational, or d) you do not respond to a periodic request from us to reconfirm your desire to opt in.