Decision

Backstop Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) contract, 2015

Government issued the standard terms of a backstop Power Purchase Agreement.

• From: Department of Energy & Climate Change
• Published: 25 February 2015

Documents

Ofgem: Standard terms of a Backstop Power Purchase Agreement

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/backstop-power-purchase-agreement-bppa-contract

Details

Following the coming into force of the Modifications to Standard Conditions of Electricity Supply Licence on February 14 2015, government has now issued the standard terms of a Backstop Power Purchase Agreement.

This is the contract that would be entered into between a licenced supplier and an eligible generator under the Offtaker of Last Resort (OLR) mechanism. The OLR scheme will be operational from October 2015.

Published 25 February 2015