The Energy Bills Discount Scheme (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023

ETII and QHS proportions

22.—(1) The ETII proportion and the QHS proportion applying for any period in respect of a customer or main scheme provider are determined as follows—

(a) the ETII proportion in respect of a customer which is a certified ETII operator and is not a provider, is 1;

(b) the ETII proportion in respect of a main scheme provider (P), is a proportion of the base scheme benefit for that period calculated as—

(c) the QHS proportion in respect of a main scheme provider (P), is a proportion of the base scheme benefit for that period calculated as—

Where—

• A, if P is a certified ETII operator, is that part of the base scheme benefit which is not required to be passed on by P to any person, and, if P is not a certified ETII operator, is zero;

• B is that part of the base scheme benefit which is required to be passed on (by any immediate ETII provider, whether or not that is P) to certified ETII operators;

• C is the base scheme benefit;

• D is that part of the base scheme benefit which is required to be passed on (by any certified heat supplier, whether or not that is P) to qualifying heat consumers;

provided that if a qualifying heat consumer is also a certified ETII operator, the amount of base scheme benefit required to be passed on to it—

(i)

is counted in determining D, and

(ii)

is not counted in determining B.

(2) In this regulation “base scheme benefit” means, in respect of a main scheme provider (P), for any period, the scheme benefit, calculated as if the GSP decrement and the MD increment were zero, and as if the government supported price and maximum discount for QHS supply contracts were equal to the government supported price and maximum discount for general supply contracts, that would be provided for that period to P—

(a) where P is the customer, by way of discount under the supply contract;

(b) where P is not the customer, from a higher-tier provider required to pass on such benefit to P.