DRAX PUMPED STORAGE LIMITED

DRAX PUMPED STORAGE LIMITED NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CRUACHAN PUMPED STORAGE HYDRO SCHEME (ACQUISITION OF WATER RIGHTS) ORDER ELECTRICITY ACT 1989 (SCHEDULE 5) Notice is hereby given that Drax Pumped Storage Limited (the “Company”), Company number 06657336 with registered office at Drax Power Station, Drax, Selby, North Yorkshire, YO8 8PH is applying to the Scottish Ministers under Section 10(5) of and Schedule 5 to the Electricity Act 1989 for authorisation as detailed in the draft Cruachan Pumped Storage Hydro Scheme (Acquisition of Water Rights) Order 2023 (the “proposed Order”). The general effect of the proposed Order if made by Scottish Ministers would be to authorise the Company to abstract and divert water from the catchment area of Loch Awe for the purpose of generating electricity at the Cruachan Pumped Storage Hydro Scheme. Scottish Water is the water authority affected by the proposed Order. A copy of the proposed Order, including the plan showing the catchment area of Loch Awe, may be inspected during normal opening hours until 20th July 2023 at: Location Opening Hours Address Cruachan Visitor Centre Monday – Friday 9.15am – 3.45pm Cruachan Visitor Centre Dalmally, Argyll, Scotland, PA33 1AN A notice explaining the effect of the Order applied for can be found published in the Oban Times on 22nd and 29th June 2023. Any representations to the application may be submitted via the Energy Consents Unit website at www.energyconsents.scot/ Register.aspx; by email to the Scottish Government, Energy Consents Unit mailbox at [email protected]; or by post to the Scottish Government, Energy Consents Unit, 4th Floor, 5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw, Glasgow, G2 8LU, identifying the proposal and specifying the grounds for representation. Written or emailed representations should be dated, clearly stating the name (in block capitals), full return email and postal address of those making representations. Only emails sent by email to [email protected] will receive acknowledgement. General Data Protection Regulations The Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit processes applications under the Electricity Act 1989. To support transparency in decision making, the Scottish Government publishes representations online at www.energyconsents.scot. A privacy notice is published on the help page at www.energyconsents.scot. This explains how the Energy Consents Unit processes your personal information and includes contact details for any enquiries or complaints regarding how your personal data is handled. GAS EP COMMODITIES, A.S. APPLICATION FOR A GAS SUPPLY LICENCE Take notice that EP Commodities, a.s. has applied for a gas supply licence in the following terms to the NI Utility Regulator, Queens House, 14 Queen Street, Belfast, BT1 6ED; Tel: +44 2890 311575: 1. Full name of the applicant(s): EP Commodities, a.s. 2. Address of the applicant(s) or, in the case of a body corporate, the registered or principal office: Klimentska 46, 92701 Prague, Czech Republic 3. Where the applicant is a partnership or other joint venture (other than a body corporate), the name and address of each party concerned. N/A 4. The name, address and telephone number of the person to whom correspondence or enquiries concerning the application should be directed: Mr. Michal Paško, Managing Director, EP Commodities, a.s., Klimentska 46, 92701 Prague, Czech Republic Tel: +420 736 244 963; Email: [email protected] 5. The particular type of licence(s) sought that is to say whether to convey gas and/or store gas and/or supply gas, or an extension of any of these types of licence granted to the applicant at the time of this application: Gas Supply Licence 6. The date from which the licence or extension is desired to take effect: 1st July 2023 7. Status of the applicant that is to say whether the applicant is a public limited company, private limited company, overseas company, other body corporate, partnership, unincorporated association, sole trader or other entity (and in the last case particulars of the legal status): Private limited company 8. If the applicant is a body corporate:— (a) The jurisdiction under which it is incorporated: Czech Republic (b) If applicable, its registration number: Company Registration No. 03437680 (c) The full names of its current Directors (including any shadow director within the meaning of Article 9(2) of the 1986 Order) or, where appropriate, the corresponding officers: Michal Paško (Member of the Board of Directors – Managing Director) Miroslav Haško (Chairman of the Board of Directors) Jan Špringl (Member of the Board of Directors) Pavol Horský (Member of the Board of Directors) Marek Spurný (Member of the Board of Directors) Jozef Miškuf (Member of the Board of Directors - Head of Trading London Branch (e) The name and registered office of any holding company (within the meaning of Article 4 of the 1986 Order as substituted by Article 62 of the 1990 Order) of the applicant and the name and registered or principal office of any parent undertaking (within the meaning of Article 266 of the 1986 Order) of the applicant: Energetický a průmyslový holding, a.s., Pařížska 26, 110 00 Prague, Czech Republic. 9. If the applicant is neither a body corporate nor a sole trader, the name(s) and address(es) of the person or persons in whom effective control of the applicant rests: N/A 10. Where a holding of 20% or more of the shares (see Note 1) of an applicant is held by a body corporate or partnership or an unincorporated association carrying on a trade or business with or without a view to profit, the name(s) and address(es) of the holder(s) of such shares shall be provided specifying in each case the class of share held, the number of shares so held and the percentage of the aggregate number of shares of that class represented thereby: ENVIRONMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE EP Commodities, a.s. is a 100% owned subsidiary of EP Power Europe, Pařížska 26, 110 00 Prague, Czech Republic which in turn is a 100% owned subsidiary of Energetický a průmyslový holding, a.s., Pařížska 26, 110 00 Prague, Czech Republic. 12. In this schedule:— “the 1986 Order” means the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986[3]; “the 1990 Order” means the Companies (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990[4]. Note 1 References to shares:— (a) in relation to an applicant with a share capital, are to allotted shares; (b) in relation to an applicant with capital but no share capital, are to rights to share in the capital of the applicant; and (c) in relation to an applicant without capital, are to interests:— (i) conferring any rights to share in the profits or liability to contribute to the losses of the applicant; or (ii) giving rise to an obligation to contribute to the debts or expenses of the applicant in the event of a winding up. Note 2 “Related person” means:— (a) in relation to an applicant who is an undertaking within the meaning of Article 267 of the 1986 Order (“the principal undertaking”), a parent or subsidiary undertaking of the principal undertaking, or a subsidiary undertaking of a parent undertaking of the principal undertaking, in each case within the meaning of Article 266 of the 1986 Order; and (b) in relation to any applicant (including such an undertaking) or connected person of the applicant with the meaning of Section 286 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992[5].