The Electricity (Individual Exemption from the Requirement for a Supply Licence) (JG Pears Power Limited) (England) Order 2025

Made: 2nd June 2025

Laid before Parliament: 4th June 2025

Coming into force: 25th June 2025

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5(1) and (6)(b) of the Electricity Act 1989[^f00001].

The Secretary of State has given notice of the proposal to make this Order in accordance with section 5(2) and (3) of that Act, and has considered any representations made.

Citation, commencement, extent and application

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Electricity (Individual Exemption from the Requirement for a Supply Licence) (JG Pears Power Limited) (England) Order 2025 and comes into force on 25th June 2025.

• (2) This Order extends to England and Wales and Scotland.

• (3) This Order applies in relation to England only.

Exemption from prohibition of unlicensed supply of electricity

2

• (1) Exemption is granted from section (4)(1)(c) of the Act (prohibition of unlicensed supply of electricity to any premises) to JG Pears Power Limited in respect of supply[^f00002] of electricity to High Marnham Green Energy Business Park.

• (2) Exemption granted by paragraph (1) of this article applies for the period beginning with the day after the day on which this Order comes into force, and ending on 31st December 2034.

• (3) Exemption granted by paragraph (1) is subject to the following conditions—

• (a) JG Pears Power Limited does not hold a supply licence under section 6(1)(d) of the Act[^f00003];

• (b) except in circumstances outside its reasonable control, JG Pears Powers Limited must not at any time supply more than 37 megawatts of electricity to High Marnham Green Energy Business Park.

• (4) In this article—

• “the Act” means the Electricity Act 1989;

• “High Marnham Green Energy Business Park” means the business park (including a hydrogen production plant) located at High Marnham, Nottinghamshire, whose entrance is situated at Ordnance Survey map reference SK 808 709;

• “JG Pears Power Limited” means the company of that name registered in England with company number 09998472.

Signed

Michael Shanks — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero — 2nd June 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Explanatory Note

This Order grants exemption from the requirement to hold an electricity supply licence.

Section 4(1)(c) of the Electricity Act 1989 prohibits the supply of electricity to any premises without a licence. The Secretary of State, exercising the powers under section 5(1) of that Act, grants a time-limited exemption from the requirement to hold a supply licence to JG Pears Power Limited in respect of supply of electricity to High Marnham Green Energy Business Park.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it is a temporary measure. No, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1989 c. 29; section 5 was substituted by section 29 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27). A relevant amendment was made by S.I. 2012/2400.

[^f00002]: The definition of “supply” in section 4(4) of the Act was substituted by section 179(1) of the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20).

[^f00003]: Section 6 of the Act was substituted by section 30 of the Utilities Act 2000. Section 6 has been amended by other instruments, but those amendments are not relevant to this Order.