185 Adjustment of transmission charges

185  Adjustment of transmission charges

(1)     The Secretary of State may make an order under this section if it appears to him—

(a)     that a particular area [in Great Britain] is suitable as a location for the generation of electricity from renewable sources;

(b)     that, as a result, that area represents an area of high potential for the development of the generation of electricity from such sources; and

(c)     that that development is likely to be deterred, or otherwise hindered in a material respect, by the level of charges that would (apart from the order) be imposed by authorised transmitters on persons generating electricity in that area from renewable sources.

(2)     An order under this section is one that establishes a scheme which—

(a)     limits the amounts of charges that authorised transmitters may impose on persons so generating electricity in that area to amounts determined in accordance with provision contained in the scheme; and

(b)     requires the charges imposed by the authorised transmitters on authorised suppliers to be adjusted in accordance with the scheme for the purpose of making good shortfalls resulting from that limitation.

(3)     An order under this section establishing a scheme in

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