CfD Stakeholder Bulletin — 4 October 2021

Contracts for Difference: Stakeholder Bulletin 4 October 2021 Further contract changes consultation The government has today opened a consultation seeking views on further drafting changes to the Contracts for Difference (CfD) Standard Terms and Conditions. The proposed changes will apply to the Standard Terms and Conditions for the fourth CfD allocation round (AR4), which is planned to open to applications on 13 December 2021. • Further information and details of how to respond can be found on the consultation’s dedicated GOV.UK page. Previous changes to the CfD contract ahead of AR4 were confirmed in a government consultation response in May 2021. AR4 Exemptions Request Notice On 1 October 2021, the government published the Exemptions Request Notice for AR4. The notice sets out the procedure that generators must follow if they want to be exempted from their temporary site exclusion and compete in AR4. The notice may be accessed via the AR4 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) toBEISContractsForDifference@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.