AQW 14851/17-22 Written question to the Minister for the Economy

To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the number of installations under the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme that have seen enforcement action to date, broken down by (i) the type of installation; and (ii) the area of non-compliance.

Asked by Stewart Dickson MLA on 17 February 2021

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Tabled
17 February 2021
Answer due by
4 March 2021
Answered
1 March 202112 days after tabling
Department
Department for the Economy
Priority question
No

Answer

To date, 91 installations have been subject to enforcement action under the Non Domestic RHI Scheme.

(i) The total is made up of: 2x 25kW solid biomass boilers; 1x 32kW solid biomass boiler; 1x 35kW solid biomass boiler; 1x 36kW solid biomass boiler; 2x 40kW solid biomass boilers; 1x 43kW solid biomass boiler; 1x 49kW solid biomass boiler; 1x 80kW solid biomass boiler; 1x 94kW solid biomass boiler; 17x 95kW solid biomass boilers; 54x 99kW solid biomass boilers; 2x 198kW solid biomass boilers; and 7x 199 kW solid biomass boilers.

(ii) Enforcement activity has been taken under the following regulations (installations with multiple non compliances appear more than once):

 Generating heat for the predominant purpose of increasing support payments – Breach of Regulation 33(p) – 24 installations;

 Failure to supply information required by the Department for effective administration of the Scheme – Breach of Regulations 33(q) and 35 – 12 installations;

 Failure to demonstrate that the installation meets Scheme eligibility criteria - Breach of Regulations 15(1)(a) and/or 4(1), 33(e) – 12 installations;

 Failure to provide evidence that heat produced is for an eligible purpose and failure to notify that information provided in support of accreditation was incorrect - Breach of Regulations 33(o), 33(d) – 20 installations;

 Failure to provide accurate information in support of accreditation – Breach of Regulation 22(2) – 9 installations;

 Failure to correctly install and maintain heat metering equipment – Breach of Regulation 20(1), 34(1) – 4 installations;

 Failure to notify where there has been a change in circumstances which may affect eligibility – Breach of Regulation 33(k) – 5 installations;

 Requirement to supply weekly meter readings to allow closer analysis of heat use on site - Regulation 33(f), 34(2)(a) – 20 installations; and

 Requirement for amendment to an incorrect payment due to an IT error – 1 installation.

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