S.L. 545.36 Art. 11Use and cancellation of guarantee of origin.    S.L. 545. 34.

(1) For the purposes of demonstrating to final customers the share or quantity of energy from renewable sources in an energy supplier’s energy mix and in the energy supplied to consumers under contracts marketed with reference to the consumption of energy from renewable sources, a guarantee of origin shall be valid for twelve (12) months after the production of the relevant energy unit.

(2) All guarantees of origin issued in terms of these regulations for energy from renewable energy sources that have not been cancelled, expire at the latest eighteen (18) months after the production of the energy unit.

(3) Expired guarantees of origin for energy from renewable energy sources shall be included by the Regulator in the calculation of Malta’s residual energy mix.

(4) Where an electricity supplier is required to demonstrate the share or quantity of energy from renewable sources in its energy mix for the purposes of item 5 of the First Schedule to the Electricity Regulations, it shall do so by using guarantees of origin, except:

(a) as regards the share of its energy mix corresponding to non-tracked commercial offers, if any, for which the supplier may use the residual mix; or

(b) where no guarantee of origin is issued by the Regulator as provided in regulation 12.

(5) In making their disclosures regarding their energy mix, suppliers may also make use of guarantees of origin to demonstrate the quantity of electricity produced from high-efficiency cogeneration.

(6) Suppliers shall use the information contained in guarantees of origin to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of any Union-wide green label adopted with a view to promoting the use of renewable energy coming from new installations.

(7) For the purposes of disclosure referred to in sub-regulations (4) to (6), energy companies shall cancel guarantees of origin at the latest six (6) months after the end of the validity of the guarantee of origin.