Decision support tool contents

• Decommissioning toolkit
• Introduction
  • What is this decision support tool (DST) for?
  • How to use this decision support tool (DST)
  • General Principles
  • Applying the general principles
  • A ‘level playing-field’
  • The design process
• Stage 1. Prior decisions
• Stage 2. Strategic decisions
  • Establish specific purpose
  • Choose a funding channel
• Define contract scale
• Join up funding streams

Stage 3. Tactical decisions

• Determine the degree of competition for funding
• Determine the duration of the award
• Build in full cost recovery
• Determine payment formula
• Establish application process
• Establish monitoring and evaluation scheme

Stage 4. Implementation

Annexes

• Annex A: Note on legal forms of TSOs and charitable status
• Annex B: Note on risk management
• Annex C: EU restrictions on state aid
• Annex D: Note on channels
• Annex E: Examples of funding models