Disclosure of customer information by electricity suppliers6

1

An electricity supplier may supply the Secretary of State (or a person providing services to the Secretary of State) with the information referred to in paragraph (2) about its domestic customers for use in connection with the purposes referred to in paragraph (3).

2

The information is—

a

the names and addresses of its domestic customers;

b

the name of a person appointed to administer the electricity account on behalf of a domestic customer;

c

which of its domestic customers are in receipt of a discounted tariff.

3

The purposes are to help the Secretary of State (or, in relation to sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), a person providing services to the Secretary of State)—

a

to determine the number of customers who may be eligible for an automatic award;

b

to identify which of the supplier’s customers are relevant SPC claimants who qualify or may qualify for an automatic award;

c

to compile and provide to the supplier—

i

a list of those customers who are relevant SPC claimants and who qualify or may qualify for an automatic award, and

ii

the information about those customers referred to in regulation 5(2).