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[[Category:Legislation & Policy]] [[Category:Economics]]
The [[Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation]] or [[NFFO]] was established as part of the 1989 Electricity Act. NFFO in England and Wales required electricity supply companies to secure specified amounts of new generating capacity from non-fossil sources, including renewables. As many waste streams contain ‘renewable content’ many in turn qualified for contracts that could secure power income at enhanced rates (see [[Renewables Obligation Certificate]]) generally for those plants with a power output in excess of 2MW with projects up to 5MW being eligible for the alternative [[FIT]] regime.

The NFFO has now been superseded by the [[CFD]] regime, but existing operating waste facilities that secured the [[Subsidy | subsidies]] within the prescribed periods still benefit from the NFFO.