CfD Stakeholder Bulletin — 24 January 2022
Summary
DESNZ announces a six-week consultation on technical changes to CfD scheme and Supply Chain Plan process for Allocation Round 5, launching in the next few weeks. A parallel 12-week call for evidence on longer-term Supply Chain Plan reforms will run alongside. Live Q&A session scheduled for 9 February 2022.
Why it matters
Technical changes to CfD typically adjust strike prices, technology eligibility, or administrative processes rather than market structure. Supply Chain Plan reform could shift cost allocation if it strengthens domestic content requirements or changes how projects demonstrate supply chain commitments.
Key facts
- •Consultation runs for 6 weeks
- •Call for evidence runs for 12 weeks
- •Live event on 9 February 2022, 10am-11.30am
- •Advance questions due by 4 February 2022
- •Registration closes 8 February 2022 at 12pm
Areas affected
Related programmes
Memo
Contracts for Difference: Stakeholder Bulletin 24 January 2022 Forthcoming Contracts for Difference and Supply Chain Plan consultation and call for evidence This is advance notice that in the next few weeks, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) will launch a consultation on technical changes to the Contracts for Difference scheme and the Supply Chain Plan process as it begins policy work on Allocation Round 5. The consultation will run for six weeks. BEIS will also launch in parallel a call for evidence on longer-term ideas for the Supply Chain Plan process. The call for evidence will run for 12 weeks. BEIS will host a live event on Microsite Teams to answer any questions you may have on the consultation and call for evidence. This event will take place on Wednesday 9 February 2022 from 10am to 11.30am. • Register for the event You are encouraged to submit questions in advance of the event. Please submit advance questions to BEISContractsForDifference@beis.gov.uk by Friday 4 February 2022. Please note that registration for the event will close at 12pm on Tuesday 8 February 2022. 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.