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The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2023

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Introduction

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and extent

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART 2 Overall home-heating cost reduction target

    1. 3.Overall home-heating cost reduction target

    2. 4.Definition of a participant

  4. PART 3 Determining obligations and minimum requirements

    1. 5.Application of this Part

    2. 6.Determining a participant’s obligations and minimum requirements

    3. 7.Determining obligations and minimum requirements for participants who are not members of a group

    4. 8.Determining obligations and minimum requirements for participants who are members of a group

  5. PART 4 Achievement of obligations

    1. 9.Achievement of total home-heating cost reduction obligation

  6. PART 5 ECO4A qualifying actions

    1. CHAPTER 1 General criteria for ECO4A qualifying actions

      1. 10.ECO4A qualifying actions: overview

      2. 11.ECO4A qualifying actions: general requirements

    2. CHAPTER 2 Measures at eligible properties

      1. 12.Measures installed at private domestic premises in certain Council tax valuation bands

      2. 13.Measures installed at private domestic premises occupied by help to heat group member

      3. 14.Measures installed at band D social housing

      4. 15.Measures installed at band E, F or G social housing

    3. CHAPTER 3 Measures accompanied by declaration from a relevant authority or participant

      1. 16.Measures accompanied by a declaration from a relevant authority: household income below £31,000

      2. 17.Measures accompanied by a declaration from a relevant authority: premises meeting specified criteria

      3. 18.Measures accompanied by a declaration from a relevant authority: referral from a relevant health provider

      4. 19.Measures accompanied by a declaration from a participant: debt, discretionary credit and self-disconnection

    4. CHAPTER 4 In-fill measures

      1. 20.Flat in-fill measures

      2. 21.House in-fill measures

    5. CHAPTER 5 Additional requirements for measures

      1. 22.Additional requirements to be met by insulation measures

      2. 23.Additional requirements to be met by heating control measures

    6. CHAPTER 6 Quality assurance and consumer protection

      1. 24.Quality assurance and consumer protection

  7. PART 6 Notification of Completed Measures

    1. 25.Notification requirements for completed measures

    2. 26.Deadline for notification of completed measures

    3. 27.Applications for extension of time to notify

    4. 28.Withdrawal of notifications

  8. PART 7 Scores

    1. 29.Giving scores to ECO4A qualifying actions

    2. 30.Calculating the score for ECO4A qualifying actions

    3. 31.Innovation measure uplift

    4. 32.Publication of annual cost savings methodology

  9. PART 8 Transfers

    1. 33.Transfer of measures

    2. 34.Transfer of obligations

  10. PART 9 Information and Enforcement

    1. 35.Final determination and reporting

    2. 36.Information from participants

    3. 37.Declaration verification service

    4. 38.Enforcement

  11. PART 10 Amendment of the 2022 Order

    1. 39.Amendment of the 2022 Order

    2. 40.Amendment to article 2 (interpretation)

    3. 41.Amendment to article 4 (definition of participant)

    4. 42.Amendment to article 12 (qualifying actions: general requirements relating to Condition A)

    5. 43.Amendment to article 27 (general requirements relating to heating measures)

    6. 44.Amendment to article 28 (requirements specific to heating measures installed at on-gas premises)

    7. 45.Amendment to article 29 (requirements specific to heating measures installed at off-gas premises)

    8. 46.Amendment to article 30 (hierarchy of heating measures installed at off-gas premises)

    9. 47.Amendment to article 43 (notification requirements for completed measures)

    10. 48.Insertion of article 44A (withdrawal of notification)

    11. 49.Amendment to article 80 (transfer of measures)

    12. 50.Saving provisions

  12. Signature

  13. Explanatory Note

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