Contracts for Difference (CfD): first allocation round
Documents and guidance related to the Contracts for Difference first allocation round (AR1).
The Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme is the government’s main mechanism for supporting low-carbon electricity generation.
This page pulls together the auction results of the first allocation round and key documents relating to that round.
Allocation Round 1 (AR1) ran from October 2014 to March 2015.
Auction Results
Budget Notice
The final budget notice and explanatory note set out what was required of the Delivery Body for AR1 (as per the allocation regulations 2014).
The Strike prices document set out decisions on strike prices for renewable technologies for the period 2014 to 2015-2018 to 2019, and provided an update on the key CfD contract terms.
CfD contract
The Standard Terms and Conditions documents used in the first CfD Allocation Round.
Allocation Framework
The Allocation Framework set out the eligibility requirements for developers applying for a CfD in AR1. The methodology document summarises the journey a developer would have gone through in order to secure and retain a CfD.
CfD policy development
These documents, published in August 2013 during the early development of CfD policy, set out more information on how CfDs would work.
The Electricity Market Reform: Contracts for Difference collection provides background on CfD policy development.