NPS meaning

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In this issue Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Renewable energy Nuclear energy Air emissions, efficiency, and climate change International energy LexTalk®Energy: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Ofgem has confirmed changes to the Regulatory Financial Performance Reporting (RFPR) template and guidance for RIIO‑2, intended to sharpen and clarify what network licensees must report. The revisions apply from 28 June 2024 and follow Ofgem’s earlier notice proposing amendments to the RFPR template and guidance for RIIO‑2. See: LNB News 01/07/2024 9. Electricity Code Modifications: National Grid ESO’s Modification Tracker now brings together all live changes to the Connection and Use of System Code (CUSC), the Grid Code (GD), the System Owner -Transmission Owner Code (STC) and the Security and Quality Supply Standard (SQSS). The tracker outlines each proposal’s purpose, the stakeholders impacted, Panel views...

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Nationally significant waste water infrastructure The NPS outlines government policy on the provision of nationally significant waste water infrastructure in England. It steers decision making on development consent applications for waste water projects that meet the definition of a nationally significant infrastructure project (NSIP) in the Planning Act 2008 (PA 2008). See Practice Notes: National Policy Statements, Application procedure for nationally significant infrastructure projects, and Permission for nationally significant infrastructure projects for further background. Waste water—commonly referred to as sewage—is typically a combination of domestic waste water from baths, sinks, washing machines and toilets, together with waste water from industry. Waste water NSIPs, to which the NPS applies, are defined in PA 2008, s 29 as: the construction of waste water treatment plants in England that are expected, once constructed, to have a capacity exceeding a population equivalent of 500,000 the construction of infrastructure for the transfer or storage of waste water where the works will be carried out wholly in England and...

This Practice Note examines the planning regime that applies to carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) schemes in England and Wales. For a wider survey of CCUS roll-out across UK, including the creation of CCUS commercial models to unlock private capital in the field, see Practice Note: UK CCUS—an overview. For further detail on the non-planning licensing and permitting obligations relevant to CCUS projects in the UK, see Practice Note: Carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS)—UK permitting requirements. For comprehensive commentary on the regulation, consenting and incentivisation of the net zero energy transition under the laws of England and Wales, see also: Collinson and Hockman on Energy Law: Regulating, Consenting and Incentivising the Energy Transition. That textbook provides in-depth treatment of topics addressed in this Practice Note. For fuller legal analysis and discussion of CCUS, see also the textbook: Carbon Capture and Storage. What is carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS)? Overview Carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) encompasses a range of processes that capture, store and/or utilise...

Practice Note This Practice Note sets out when pre-sentence reports should be obtained and how they are used to support sentencing decisions after conviction in England and Wales. A pre-sentence report (PSR) is ordinarily prepared by the National Probation Service (NPS); for youthful defendants it may instead be produced by a social worker or a youth offending team member. Its purpose is to assist the court in deciding the most appropriate way of dealing with a defendant at the point of sentence. A PSR is usually provided in writing. It can be delivered orally in court unless the defendant is under 18, or the court is contemplating the imposition of a custodial sentence under specific provisions concerning determinate sentences, extended sentences, and life sentences for young offenders; in those circumstances it must be in writing. Under the Sentencing Council’s guideline on the imposition of community and custodial sentence, when a community or custodial sentence is being considered the court must request and consider a PSR before reaching...