The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2018

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Introduction

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Definition of a participant

  3. PART 2 Overall home-heating cost reduction target

    1. 4.Overall home-heating cost reduction target

  4. PART 3 Determining obligations

    1. 5.Notification by participants of domestic customers and energy supplied

    2. 6.Determining a participant’s home-heating cost reduction obligation and solid wall minimum requirement

    3. 7.Determining obligations for a participant who is not a member of a group

    4. 8.Determining obligations for a participant who is a member of a group

    5. 9.Determining supply for phase 1

    6. 10.Determining supply for phases 2 to 4

  5. PART 4 Achievement of obligations

    1. 11.Achievement of home-heating cost reduction obligation

    2. 12.Caps on certain types of qualifying actions

    3. 13.Qualifying actions

    4. 14.Measures installed at private domestic premises

    5. 15.Measures installed at D social housing

    6. 16.Measures installed at E, F or G social housing

    7. 17.Measures accompanied by a statement from a local authority

    8. 18.Installation standards, warranties and consumer protection

    9. 19.Additional requirements to be met by heating measures

  6. PART 5 Applications for demonstration actions, innovation measures, monitored measures and surplus actions

    1. 20.Demonstration actions

    2. 21.Innovation measures

    3. 22.Monitored measures

    4. 23.Surplus actions

  7. PART 6 Notification of completed measures

    1. 24.Notification requirements for completed measures

    2. 25.Deadline for notification of completed measures

  8. PART 7 Scores

    1. 26.Attributing the score to a qualifying action

    2. 27.The score for district heating connections

    3. 28.The score for demonstration actions

    4. 29.The score for innovation measures

    5. 30.The score for monitored measures

    6. 31.The score for surplus actions

    7. 32.The score for all other qualifying actions

    8. 33.Publication of a cost savings methodology

  9. PART 8 Transfers

    1. 34.Transfers of qualifying actions

    2. 35.Transfer of obligations

  10. PART 9 Information and enforcement

    1. 36.Final determination and reporting

    2. 37.Information from participants

    3. 38.Publication of energy savings achieved by participants and provision of information to the Secretary of State by participants

    4. 39.Enforcement

  11. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Domestic premises which are social housing

      1. 1.Domestic premises in England and Wales are “social housing” if...

      2. 2.Domestic premises in Scotland are “social housing” if the premises...

      3. 3.For the purposes of this Schedule— (a) in respect of...

      4. 4.In this Schedule— “relevant interest” means— in respect of premises...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Help to heat group eligibility

      1. 1.The benefits referred to in the definition of “help to...

      2. 2.The condition as to income in paragraph 3 is specified...

      3. 3.Where the person claiming child benefit is—

      4. 4.For the purposes of paragraph 3, whether a person is...

      5. 5.In this Schedule— “1992 Act” means the Social Security Contributions...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Requirements for warranties for boiler installations

      1. 1.The requirements referred to in article 18(1)(d)(ii) for a warranty...

      2. 2.Subject to paragraph 3, the warranty must provide for the...

      3. 3.The warranty is not required to provide for the rectification...

      4. 4.In paragraph 3, “third party” means a person other than—...

      5. 5.The warranty must be accompanied by confirmation in writing from...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Relevant F or G owner-occupied premises

      1. 1.A qualifying action is installed at domestic premises that are...

      2. 2.The condition in this paragraph is that a post-installation EPC...

      3. 3.The condition in this paragraph is that—

      4. 4.In this Schedule, “relevant local authority” means a local authority...

  13. Explanatory Note