UK Statutory Instrument
2023
United Kingdom
Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2023
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Interpretation
Overall home-heating cost reduction target
Definition of a participant
Application of this Part
Determining a participant’s obligations and minimum requirements
Determining obligations and minimum requirements for participants who are not members of a group
Determining obligations and minimum requirements for participants who are members of a group
Achievement of total home-heating cost reduction obligation
ECO4A qualifying actions: overview
ECO4A qualifying actions: general requirements
Measures installed at private domestic premises in certain Council tax valuation bands
Measures installed at private domestic premises occupied by help to heat group member
Measures installed at band D social housing
Measures installed at band E, F or G social housing
Measures accompanied by a declaration from a relevant authority: household income below £31,000
Measures accompanied by a declaration from a relevant authority: premises meeting specified criteria
Measures accompanied by a declaration from a relevant authority: referral from a relevant health provider
Measures accompanied by a declaration from a participant: debt, discretionary credit and self-disconnection
Flat in-fill measures
House in-fill measures
Additional requirements to be met by insulation measures
Additional requirements to be met by heating control measures
Quality assurance and consumer protection
Notification requirements for completed measures
Deadline for notification of completed measures
Applications for extension of time to notify
Withdrawal of notifications
Giving scores to ECO4A qualifying actions
Calculating the score for ECO4A qualifying actions
Innovation measure uplift
Publication of annual cost savings methodology
Methodology for scoring smart thermostats
Transfer of measures
Transfer of obligations
Reassignment of ECO4 savings to the ECO4A scheme
Final determination and reporting
Information from participants
Declaration verification service
Enforcement
Amendment of the 2022 Order
Amendment to article 2 (interpretation)
Amendment to article 4 (definition of participant)
Amendment to article 12 (qualifying actions: general requirements relating to Condition A)
Amendment to article 27 (general requirements relating to heating measures)
Amendment to article 28 (requirements specific to heating measures installed at on-gas premises)
Amendment to article 29 (requirements specific to heating measures installed at off-gas premises)
Amendment to article 30 (hierarchy of heating measures installed at off-gas premises)
Amendment to article 43 (notification requirements for completed measures)
Insertion of article 44A (withdrawal of notification)
Amendment to article 80 (transfer of measures)
Saving provisions
Overall amounts for purposes of determining total obligations
Enforcement and responsible bodies
The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
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