The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2014

Determining the cost score for a qualifying boiler repair and replacement

20.—(1) Subject to articles 21 and 23, the cost score for the repair or replacement of a qualifying boiler must be determined in accordance with the following formula—

(2) In paragraph (1)—

“A” is the cost of heating the premises (“P”) where the repaired or replaced boiler is situated and, where applicable, the cost of heating water at P as determined in accordance with—

(a)

the Standard Assessment Procedure or (but only if the repair or replacement was carried out in Scotland) SAP 2009;

(b)

the Reduced Data Standard Assessment Procedure; or

(c)

an appropriate methodology for calculating the cost savings approved by the Administrator under article 24,

where the calculation is based on the absence of a working heating system in P;

“B” is the cost of heating P and, where applicable, heating water at P using, as applicable, the boiler that was repaired or the replacement for the boiler;

“N” is—

(a)

in the case of a repair of a qualifying boiler which is accompanied with—

(i)

a warranty for at least one year, but less than two years, 1;

(ii)

a warranty for two years or more, 2;

(b)

in the case of a replacement of a qualifying boiler, 12.