12.6  Acceleration

If the Service Provider chooses to accelerate its progress so that it is ahead of either the Core Investment Programme or an Annual Investment Programme the Authority:

(a)  shall not be obliged to take any action to facilitate or enable that accelerated progress;

(b)  shall not be obliged to pay the Service Provider any amounts (including but not limited to the Unitary Charge and the Electricity Costs Adjustment) in excess of that which the Authority would have been obliged to pay in accordance with the Base Case.