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# The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2026

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2026 No. 380
ELECTRICITY, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2026
Made
26th March 2026
Coming into force
27th March 2026
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 32, 32G and 32K of the Electricity Act 1989.
The Secretary of State consulted the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority, Citizens Advice, Consumer Scotland, the electricity suppliers to whom this Order applies, such generators of electricity from renewable sources as the Secretary of State considered appropriate and such other persons that the Secretary of State considered appropriate in accordance with section 32L (1) of the Electricity Act 1989.
In accordance with section 32L (2) of the Electricity Act 1989, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

## 1 Citation, Commencement and Extent {#article-1}

(1) This Order may be cited as the Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2026 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales.

## 2 Amendments to the Renewables Obligation Order 2015 {#article-2}

(1) The Renewables Obligation Order 2015 is amended as follows.
(2) In article 66(1) (interpretation of Part 8), at the appropriate place, insert—
“consumer prices index” means—
the consumer prices index (for all items) calculated and published by the Office for National Statistics, or
where the index is not published for a month, any substituted index or figures published by the Office for National Statistics;
.
(3) In article 67(4) (adjustment of the buy-out price for inflation)—
(a) omit the “and” after sub-paragraph (a);
(b) in sub-paragraph (b), for “for each obligation period thereafter”, substitute “for each subsequent obligation period up to and including the obligation period starting on 1st April 2025”;
(c) after sub-paragraph (b), insert—
, and
(c) for each obligation period thereafter, the buy-out price for the previous obligation period increased or, as the case may be, decreased by the percentage increase or decrease in the consumer prices index over the 12 month period ending with the 31st December in the previous obligation period (the resulting figure being rounded to the nearest penny, with any half of a penny being rounded upwards).
.
(4) In article 73(5) (adjustment of the mutualisation cap for inflation)—
(a) omit the “and” after sub-paragraph (a);
(b) in sub-paragraph (b), for “for each obligation period thereafter”, substitute “for each subsequent obligation period up to and including the obligation period starting on 1st April 2025”;
(c) after sub-paragraph (b), insert—
; and
(c) for each obligation period thereafter, the mutualisation cap for the previous obligation period increased or, as the case may be, decreased by the percentage increase or decrease in the consumer prices index over the 12 month period ending with the 31st December in the previous obligation period (the resulting figure being rounded to the nearest penny, with any half of a penny being rounded upwards).
.