Guidance

Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 4: Supply Chain Plan questionnaire and guidance

Details of the Supply Chain certificate application process for the Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation round 4.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 7 July 2021
• Last updated: 1 July 2022 — See all updates

Documents

Supply Chain Plan guidance for projects of 300MW or more applying for a Contract for Difference

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Supply Chain Plan guidance for projects of 300MW or more applying for a Contract for Difference

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Supply Chain Plan questionnaire: submission template Allocation Round 4

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Supply Chain Plan questionnaire: submission tables

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Details

In order to qualify for a Contract for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round, CfD applicants for a generating station with generation capacity of 300MW or more will be required to provide National Grid ESO (as delivery body) with a statement by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy approving the Supply Chain Plan submitted in respect of that station.

The applicant’s responses to the scored sections of the Supply Chain Plan questionnaire will be assessed to determine award of this Supply Chain Plan statement of approval, and hence eligibility to participate in the CfD scheme.

These documents set out the process for submitting and assessing supply chain plans:

• the Supply Chain Plan questionnaire
• guidance on how to complete the questionnaire and on the Supply Chain Plan process as a whole
• a copy of the relevant tables to complete as part of the Supply Chain Plan questionnaire

From CfD Allocation Round 4, successful applicants also need to receive a further statement from the Secretary of State confirming they have successfully passed their Supply Chain Plan implementation assessment (a Supply Chain Implementation Statement), confirming delivery of, or progress against, the activities and outcomes committed to in the scored sections of the Supply Chain Plan, in order to be able to fulfil one of their CfD Operational Condition Precedents (OCP).

Published 7 July 2021
Last updated 1 July 2022 + show all updates

1. 1 July 2022

   Updated version of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 4 Supply Chain Plan guidance.

2. 7 July 2021

   First published.