The Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations 2014

Duty to notify

3.—(1) Heat suppliers must, in relation to each district heat network or communal heating operated by them, submit a notification to the Secretary of State, or in relation to a Scottish network the Scottish Ministers, as to the following—

(a) the location of that district heat network or communal heating;

(b) the estimated total for that district heat network or communal heating, per calendar year, of—

(i) installed heating capacity,

(ii) heat generated, and

(iii) heat supplied;

(c) the number and type of buildings supplied by that district heat network or communal heating;

(d) the number and type of meters or heat cost allocators installed in any buildings supplied by that district heat network or communal heating;

(e) the number of final customers supplied by that district heat network or communal heating;

(f) the name and business address of the heat supplier;

(g) where any analysis as to cost effectiveness or technical feasibility has been carried out pursuant to these Regulations, the results of that analysis together with details of any meters or heat cost allocators which have been installed as a result;

(h) the expected frequency and content of billing information provided by the heat supplier to the final customers; and

(i) any other information reasonably required by an authorised person for the purpose of determining whether the heat supplier has complied with the duties in these regulations.

(2) Heat suppliers must comply with the duty in paragraph (1)—

(a) on or before the 30th April 2015; or

(b) in relation to a district heat network or communal heating that commences operation after 30th April 2015, on or before the first date of operation.

(3) A heat supplier must submit an updated notification within four years of the date of the first notification submitted and within every four year period thereafter from the date of the previous notification.