The Electricity (Standards of Performance) Regulations 2010 (revoked)

SCHEDULE 1 E+W+S Data for the Purpose of Calculating Payments

PART I E+W+S Prescribed periods and prescribed sums applicable to all relevant operators

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Regulation	Prescribed period	Prescribed sum domestic customer	Prescribed sum non-domestic customer
5(2)(a)	18 hours	£54	£108
5(2)(b)		£27	£27
6(2)(a)	24 hours	£54	£108
6(2)(b)		£27	£27
7(4)(a)	24 hours	£27	£27
7(4)(b)		£27	£27
7(5)(a)	48 hours	£27	£27
7(5)(b)		£27	£27
7(6)(a)		£27	£27
7(6)(b)		£27	£27
8(2)	24 hours	£54	£108
9(2)(a)	18 hours	£54	£108
9(2)(b)		£27	£27
11(4)		£54	£54
12(3)	three hours on a working day	£22	£22
12(3)	four hours on any other day	£22	£22
F1 ...
F1 ...
14(4)	two days	£22	£44
14(5)	five days	£22	£44
14(6)	two days	£22	£44
15(2)	seven working days	£22	£22
15(4)(a)		£22	£22
15(4)(b)	five working days	£22	£22
16(2)(a)	five working days	£22	£22
16(2)(b)	five working days	£22	£22
16(2)(c)	five working days	£22	£22
17(2)	seven working days	£22	£22
17(4)(a)		£22	£22
17(4)(b)	five working days	£22	£22
18(3)	three hours on a working day	£22	£22
18(3)	four hours on any other day	£22	£22
19(2)		£22	£22
19(3)		£22	£22
21(4)	10 working days	£22	£22
21(5)	10 working days	£22	£22
21(6)	10 working days	£22	£22

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. I table omitted (1.10.2010) by virtue of The Electricity (Standards of Performance) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2131), regs. 1(1), 2(1)(f) (with reg. 3)

PART II E+W+S

7.00 am and 7.00 pm on each working day and 9.00 am and 5.00 pm on any other day

PART III E+W+S

This sets out, for each designated electricity distributor, eight and thirteen times the mean daily faults at distribution higher voltage, the category 3 threshold number of customers and the upper-threshold number of customers.

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
Designated electricity distributor	Eight times the mean daily faults at distribution higher voltage	Thirteen times the mean daily faults at distribution higher voltage	Category 3 threshold number of customers	Upper- threshold number of customers
Central Networks West plc	65	105	347,000	595,000
Central Networks East plc	68	110	445,000	763,000
Electricity North West Limited	49	80	256,000	439,000
Northern Electric Distribution Limited	37	59	218,000	374,000
Yorkshire Electricity Distribution plc	37	60	362,000	621,000
Western Power Distribution (South West) plc	59	97	278,000	476,000
Western Power Distribution (South Wales) plc	45	73	214,000	367,000
EDF Energy Networks (LPN) plc	19	31	305,000	523,000
EDF Energy Networks (SPN) plc	48	78	307,000	527,000
EDF Energy Networks (EPN) plc	85	139	561,000	962,000
SP Distribution Limited	76	124	228,000	392,000
SP Manweb plc	68	110	172,000	296,000
Scottish Hydro-Electric Power Distribution Limited	56	91	129,000	220,000
Southern Electric Power Distribution plc	66	107	412,000	706,000

SCHEDULE 2 E+W+S Standards of Performance – Practice and Procedure for Determinations

Determination of disputes E+W+S

1.—(1) This Schedule applies where a dispute to which regulation 20 applies has arisen under any provision of these Regulations between a relevant operator and a customer or between relevant operators. E+W+S

(2) A dispute to which this Schedule applies–

(a) may be referred to the Authority by any party or, with the agreement of any party, by [F2 a consumer advocacy body]; and

(b) on such reference, shall be determined by order made by the Authority.

(3) In making an order under this Schedule, the Authority shall include in the order the reasons for reaching its decision with respect to a dispute.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the National Consumer Council and Transfer of the Office of Fair Trading’s Functions in relation to Estate Agents etc) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/631), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 25(5) (with Sch. 1 para. 28, Sch. 2 paras. 13-15)

Timetable for the determination of individual disputes E+W+S

2.—(1) The Authority shall determine a dispute to which this Schedule applies before the end of eighty working days from the date when the dispute was referred to the Authority. E+W+S

(2) If the Authority is satisfied that there are good reasons for departing from the requirements of sub-paragraph (1), the period in which a dispute may be determined may be extended with the consent of the referring party or parties.

Procedure for the determination of individual disputes E+W+S

3.—(1) Where an individual dispute is referred to the Authority, the Authority shall, at the outset, send to the parties a notice of procedure for the determination of individual disputes. E+W+S

(2) The notice under sub-paragraph (1) shall–

(a) set out a timetable by which each part of the procedure for the determination of individual disputes under this Schedule is to take place; and

(b) provide a list of any documentation or other evidence that the Authority has received in connection with the dispute and inform the parties that such documentation or other evidence may be disclosed to other parties to the dispute unless it is specifically classed as confidential by the party to whom it belongs before the date expressly stated in the notice;

(c) inform the parties of any specific information that the Authority is requesting as part of the written statement prepared in accordance with paragraph 7; and

(d) explain the manner in which the Authority intends to publish the determination decision.

(3) Upon receipt of a notice under sub-paragraph (1), the parties to the dispute shall provide the Authority with–

(a) the information specified in sub-paragraph (2)(c);

(b) any other information that they consider relevant to the dispute.

(4) If the Authority decides it is necessary to obtain third party advice in relation to technical issues or any other issues that may arise during the determination, it shall request it and inform the parties to the dispute of that request and indicate in writing how that request will affect the timetable outlined in the notice issued under sub-paragraph (1).

(5) At any time after receiving a written statement the Authority may, if it considers it appropriate to do so, request an oral hearing in accordance with paragraph 9.

(6) If the Authority is satisfied that it has sufficient information to determine a dispute, it shall prepare a draft determination statement containing the submissions of the parties and then send that statement to the parties for comment.

(7) When the Authority has received comments from the parties, and is satisfied that it has sufficient information to make the determination decision, it shall prepare and then issue to the parties a final determination statement.

(8) The parties shall, within one week of receiving a final determination statement, notify the Authority of any issue or information within that statement that should be excluded because such issue or information is of a confidential nature.

(9) The Authority shall, upon receipt of any notification under sub-paragraph (8), make the necessary adjustments to the final determination statement and then publish that statement on its website in accordance with sub-paragraph (2)(d).

Determination of multiple disputes E+W+S

4.—(1) The Authority may, if it considers it appropriate to do so, consolidate into one or more categories (in each case a ‘consolidated group’) similar or related disputes for the purposes of determining those disputes. E+W+S

(2) A determination made by the Authority for one or more consolidated groups shall apply, in respect of each consolidated group, to each individual dispute in that group.

Timetable for determination of multiple disputes E+W+S

5.—(1) The Authority, when determining disputes falling within a consolidated group, shall determine those disputes before the end of six months from the date when they were consolidated into that group by the Authority under paragraph 4. E+W+S

(2) If the Authority is satisfied that there are good reasons for departing from the requirements of sub-paragraph (1), the period in which disputes falling within a consolidated group may be determined may be extended by notice to the representatives of any such group nominated under paragraph 10.

Procedure for the determination of multiple disputes E+W+S

6.—(1) Where the Authority considers it appropriate to consolidate disputes under paragraph 4, the Authority shall send to the parties a notice of procedure for the determination of those disputes. E+W+S

(2) The notices under sub-paragraph (1) shall–

(a) set out a timetable by which each part of the procedure for the determination of multiple disputes under this Schedule is to take place;

(b) provide a list of any documentation or other evidence that the Authority has received in connection with the dispute and inform the parties that such documentation or other evidence may be disclosed to other parties to the dispute unless it is specifically classed as confidential by the party to whom it belongs before the date expressly stated in the notice;

(c) inform the parties of any specific information that the Authority is requesting in accordance with paragraph 11; and

(d) explain the manner in which the Authority intends to publish the determination decision.

(3) Upon receipt of a notice under sub-paragraph (1), the parties to the dispute shall provide the Authority with–

(a) the information specified in sub-paragraph (2)(c); and

(b) any other information that they consider relevant to the dispute.

(4) Upon receipt of the information provided in accordance with sub-paragraph (3), the Authority may, if it considers it fitting to do so, prepare a list of consolidated groups and then consult as to whether those consolidated groups are appropriate.

(5) When consulting under sub-paragraph (4), the Authority shall–

(a) publish and explain its proposals in a manner which it believes will bring them to the attention of persons most likely to be affected; and

(b) invite those persons to comment to the Authority within a period from the publication of the proposals that is specified therein.

(6) Upon receipt of responses to the consultation under sub-paragraph (5), the Authority shall have regard to those responses before finalising the consolidated groups.

(7) When the Authority has decided on the consolidated groups for the purpose of determining multiple disputes, it shall appoint customer representatives as required by paragraph 10.

(8) Following the appointment of the customer representatives for the consolidated groups, those customer representatives and the relevant operators shall prepare a written statement.

(9) Upon receipt of the written statements, the Authority may decide that it is necessary to obtain third party advice in relation to technical issues or any other issues that may arise during the determination. If third party advice is requested, then the Authority shall inform the customer representatives and the relevant operators of that request and indicate in writing how that request will affect the timetable outlined in the notice issued under sub-paragraph (1).

(10) At any time after receiving the written statement the Authority may request an oral hearing in accordance with paragraph 9.

(11) If the Authority is satisfied that it has the necessary information, it shall prepare a draft determination statement containing the submissions of the customer representatives and the relevant operators and then send that statement to the customer representatives and the relevant operators for comment.

(12) When the Authority has received comments from the customer representatives and the relevant operators, and is satisfied that it has sufficient information to make the determination decision, it shall issue a final determination statement for a consolidated group or each consolidated group where there is more than one.

(13) The customer representatives and the relevant operators shall within one week of receiving a final determination statement notify the Authority of any issue or information within that statement that should be excluded because such issue or information is of a confidential nature.

(14) The Authority shall, upon receipt of any notification under sub-paragraph (13), make the necessary adjustments to the final determination statement and then publish that statement on its website in accordance with sub-paragraph (2)(d).

Written statements E+W+S

7.—(1) The Authority may, by notice, ask any party to a dispute to produce a written statement with respect to a matter specified in the notice. E+W+S

(2) The power to ask for the production of a written statement includes power to specify the time and place at which it is to be produced.

(3) No person is to be compelled under this paragraph to produce a written statement with respect to any matter about which he could not be compelled to give evidence in civil proceedings in the High Court or Court of Session.

(4) The Authority may make copies of a document produced to it under this paragraph.

Production of documents and other evidence E+W+S

8.—(1) The Authority may, by notice, ask a party to a dispute to produce such documentation (including other evidence), in such form and at such time as it directs, as the Authority may reasonably require to enable it to make the determination decision. E+W+S

(2) The power to ask for the production of a document is a power to ask for its production–

(a) at the time and place specified in the notice; and

(b) in a legible form.

(3) No person is to be compelled under this paragraph to produce a document that he could not be compelled to produce in civil proceedings in the High Court or Court of Session.

(4) The Authority may make copies of a document produced to it under this paragraph.

Oral hearings E+W+S

9.—(1) For the purposes of this Schedule, an oral hearing may be held, and evidence may be heard at such a hearing from any party to a dispute. E+W+S

(2) The Authority may, by notice, request any party to a dispute–

(a) to attend at a time and place specified in the notice; and

(b) at that time and place, to give evidence to any person appointed by the Authority to conduct the oral hearing.

(3) At any oral hearing, the Authority may request the customer or a person attending the hearing as a representative of the relevant operator to give evidence or make representations or observations.

(4) If any party fails to attend a hearing to be subjected to a requirement under sub-paragraph (3), the Authority may determine the dispute without hearing his evidence, representations, or observations.

(5) No person is to be compelled under this paragraph to give evidence which he could not be compelled to give in civil proceedings in the High Court or Court of Session.

Customer representatives for multiple disputes E+W+S

10.—(1) Where disputes are consolidated into categories under paragraph 4, the Authority shall nominate one or more customers to be representatives of each consolidated group. E+W+S

(2) A customer nominated to be a representative of a consolidated group under this paragraph shall only become a representative if he consents to do so.

Collection of information in multiple disputes E+W+S

11.—(1) The Authority may by notice ask any customer who is a party to a dispute falling within a consolidated group to produce such information with respect to a matter specified in the notice as the Authority may reasonably require to enable it to make the determination decision. E+W+S

(2) The power to require the production of information under this paragraph includes the power to specify the time and place at which it is to be produced.

(3) No person is to be compelled under this paragraph to produce information with respect to any matter about which he could not be compelled to give evidence in civil proceedings in the High Court or Court of Session.

Payment to customers E+W+S

12.  An order determining a dispute shall not (where there is more than one customer at the premises) determine who is beneficially entitled to any payment required to be made by the order. E+W+S

Set–off E+W+S

13.  Where a dispute is determined by an order requiring a relevant operator to make a payment to the customer and the relevant operator fails to make that payment, the customer may set off the amount so ordered to be paid against any charges that are owed by the customer to the relevant operator. E+W+S

Costs E+W+S

14.—(1) An order determining a dispute may include a provision requiring the relevant operator or the customer to pay a sum in respect of the costs or expenses incurred by the Authority. E+W+S

(2) In including in an order under sub-paragraph (1) any such provision as to costs, the Authority shall have regard to the conduct and means of the parties and any other relevant circumstances.