The Electricity and Gas (Energy Companies Obligation) Order 2012

Achievement of carbon saving community obligation

13.—(1) A supplier must achieve its total carbon saving community obligation by 31st March 2015.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), a supplier must achieve its total carbon saving community obligation by promoting carbon saving community qualifying actions to domestic energy users living in an area of low income.

(3) Subject to article 14, a supplier may achieve part of its total carbon saving community obligation by carrying out carbon saving community qualifying actions to domestic energy users living in a specified adjoining area subject to—

(a) the limit on the amount of such actions in article 14(2); and

(b) the provisions of article 14(3) and (4).

(4) A supplier must achieve at least 15% of its total carbon saving community obligation by promoting carbon saving community qualifying actions to domestic energy users who are members of the affordable warmth group living in a rural area.

(5) A carbon saving community qualifying action is the installation of a measure in paragraph (6) where the conditions in paragraph (7) are satisfied.

(6) The measures referred to in paragraph (5) are—

(a) a recommended measure installed to improve the insulating properties of the premises; or

(b) a connection to a district heating system where that connection is made to premises which have loft or wall insulation.

(7) The conditions referred to in paragraph (5) are—

(a) where the measure to be installed is a glazing measure—

(i) in England or Wales, the installation of the measure must exceed the minimum energy efficiency standard applicable to that measure which is contained in Approved Document L1B (Conservation of fuel and power in existing buildings) and the ISBN of which is 9781859463253(1);

(ii) in Scotland, the installation of the measure must exceed the minimum energy efficiency standard applicable to that measure which is contained in the Domestic Technical Handbook (Section 6 - Energy)(2); and

(b) that the installation must be carried out—

(i) after 30th September 2012; and

(ii) in accordance with the Publicly Available Specification where the installation is referred to in the Specification.

(8) In this article “rural area” means an area in Great Britain which is described as a rural area in the document entitled “Energy Company Obligation, Carbon Saving Community Obligation: Rural and Low Income Areas”, first published on 12th June 2012 and revised on 29th October 2012 and the ISBN of which is 9781018511608.

(1)

This Approved Document supports the Building and Approved Inspectors (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/719). Paragraphs 4.18 to 4.23 refer to the relevant standards for glazing. The document can be found at the following link: http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/br/BR_PDF_ADL1B_2010.pdf. A copy of the document can be obtained from Communities and Local Government Publications, Department for Communities and Local Government, Eland House, Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5DU.

(2)

This document is produced by the Scottish Executive and came in to force on 1st May 2011. The document supports the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/406). Standard 6.2 is relevant to glazing. The document can be found at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/Building/Building-standards/publications/pubtech/thb2011domenergy. A copy of the document can be inspected at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, 3 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2AW.