The Electricity and Gas (Carbon Emissions Reduction) (Amendment) Order 2010

Insertion of new article 13A (super priority group obligation)

13.  After article 13 (priority group obligations) insert—

“Super priority group obligation

13A.— (1) A supplier must achieve the super priority group obligation by promoting on or after 1st August 2010 measures to members of the super priority group in accordance with the following provisions of this article.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a supplier must achieve the super priority group obligation by the provision to members of the super priority group, on or after 1st August 2010, of—

(a) an air source heat pump;

(b) cavity wall insulation;

(c) flat roof insulation;

(d) fuel switching;

(e) a ground source heat pump;

(f) loft insulation;

(g) a replacement boiler;

(h) solid wall insulation;

(i) under floor insulation; or

(j) a wood chip boiler, including a combined heat and power wood chip boiler,

which is professionally installed.

(3) Where a supplier—

(a) promotes a single measure to a member of the super priority group, that measure must be one of the measures listed in paragraph (2);

(b) promotes more than one measure to a member of the super priority group, at least one of those measures must be a measure listed in paragraph (2).

(4) In this article—

(a) “fuel switching” means changing the primary heating fuel used by a domestic energy user from coal, electricity or oil to a mains gas supply;

(b) “replacement boiler” means a boiler which replaces a G-rated boiler and which meets the requirements of Part L of Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations 2000(1); and where “G-rated boiler” means a boiler which has a seasonal efficiency value of less than 70% when that boiler is assessed against the Standard Assessment Procedure for Energy rating of Dwellings (2005 Edition)(2).”.

(1)

S.I. 2000/2531. These Regulations have been amended on several occasions. Two amendments are of relevance. The Building and Approved Inspectors (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/652) inserted a new Part L into Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations 2000. Regulation 2 of the Building and Approved Inspectors (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3384) substituted a new sub-paragraph (b) into column 1 of paragraph L1 of Part L to Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations 2000.

(2)

The Standard Assessment Procedure for Energy Rating of Dwellings (2005 Edition) can be found at www.bre.co.uk/sap2005.