Electricity

INNOGY PLC

Public Notification of an Application Made Under Section 36 of The Electricity Act 1989

Notice hereby given that Innogy plc (whose Registered Office is at Windmill Hill Business Park, Whitehill Way, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 6PB) has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent to construct and operate a hydro electric generating station at Braevallich near Loch Awe, Argyll and Bute. The installed capacity of the proposed generating station would be 2.2 MW.

Innogy plc has also applied for a direction under Section 57(2) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 that planning permission for the development be deemed to be granted.

A copy of the application, with a plan showing the land to which it relates, together with a copy of the Environmental Statement discussing the Company’s proposals in more detail and presenting an analysis of the environmental implications, are available for inspection free of charge during normal office hours at:

Argyll and Bute Council	The Old Post Office
Planning Department	Ford
67 Chalmers Street	Lochgllphead
Ardrishaig PA30 8DX	Argyll and Bute PA31 8RH
Innogy Hydro (until 7/9/02)	Innogy Hydro (from 9/9/02)
Arran House Business Centre	North Range
Arran Road	East Lodge
Perth PH1 3DZ	Mill Road
Stanley Mills
Stanley PH1 4QE

Copies of the Environmental Statement may be obtained from the Innogy Hydro Office in Perth, at a charge of £25, whilst stocks last.

Any objections or representations to the application should be made in writing to the Scottish Ministers, c/o Energy Division, The Scottish Executive, 2nd Floor, Meridian Court, 5 Cadogan Street, Glasgow, G2 6AT, identifying the station and specifying the grounds for objection, not later than 11th October 2002.