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

Amendment of article 19 (notification of actions and determination of reduction in carbon emissions)

16.—(1) Article 19 (notification of actions and determination of reduction in carbon emissions) is amended as follows.

(2) For paragraphs (1) and (2) substitute—

“(1) A supplier must notify the Authority not later than 31st January 2013 of the number and type of qualifying actions which it has completed in respect of the following—

(a) the carbon emissions reduction obligation;

(b) the insulation obligation;

(c) the priority group obligation; and

(d) the super priority group obligation.

(2) On receipt of that notification, the Authority must—

(a) verify that the qualifying actions notified under paragraph (1) have not been approved as qualifying actions under the Electricity and Gas (Community Energy Saving Programme) Order 2009(1); and

(b) determine the carbon emissions to be attributed to those actions which the Authority is satisfied should count for the purposes of this Order.”.

(3) For paragraph (4A)(b) substitute—

“(b) a real-time display which uses a short-life battery, the Authority must—

(i) subject to paragraph (ii), attribute a carbon emissions reduction of 0.498 lifetime tonnes of carbon dioxide and increase the carbon emissions reduction by 50%; or

(ii) where the real-time display was provided between 11th September 2008 and 21st July 2009, attribute a carbon emissions reduction of 0.747 lifetime tonnes of carbon dioxide and increase the carbon emissions reduction by 50%;”.

(1)

S.I. 2009/1905.