The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022

Requirements specific to heating measures installed at off-gas premises E+W+S

29.—(1) A heating measure installed at off-gas premises meets the requirements of this article if—

(a) where the measure is installed at premises which, immediately prior to the installation of the measure, have an efficient heating system which is not broken down, the measure is—

(i) a measure that complies with the off-gas heating hierarchy in article 30, but in the case of a replacement of the efficient heating system, is not a measure of the same kind as the heating system being replaced;

(ii) the installation of heating controls; or

(iii) an innovation measure, but in the case of a replacement of the efficient heating system, is not a measure of the same kind as the heating system being replaced;

(b) where the measure is installed at premises which, immediately prior to the installation of the measure, have an efficient heating system which is broken down and can be economically repaired, the measure is—

(i) a repair of the efficient heating system, if the heating system is not fuelled by coal, biofuel, oil or liquefied petroleum gas;

(ii) a measure—

(aa) that complies with the off-gas heating hierarchy in article 30;

(bb) which, in the case of a replacement of the efficient heating system, is not a measure of the same kind as the heating system being replaced; and

(cc) which is not a repair of the efficient heating system, unless it is a measure that complies with the off-gas heating hierarchy in article 30 by virtue of being a measure referred to in article 30(2)(c)(ii);

(iii) the installation of heating controls; or

(iv) an innovation measure, but in the case of a replacement of the efficient heating system, is not a measure of the same kind as the heating system being replaced;

(c) where the measure is installed at premises which, immediately prior to the installation of the measure, have either an efficient heating system which is broken down and is not economically repairable or an inefficient heating system (whether or not broken down), the measure—

(i) is—

(aa) a measure that complies with the off-gas heating hierarchy in article 30;

(bb) the installation of heating controls; or

(cc) an innovation measure; and

(ii) is not a repair unless it is a measure that complies with the off-gas heating hierarchy in article 30 by virtue of being a measure referred to in article 30(2)(c)(ii); and

(d) where the measure is installed at premises which, immediately prior to the installation of the measure, have neither an efficient heating system nor an inefficient heating system, the measure is—

(i) a measure that complies with the off-gas heating hierarchy in article 30;

(ii) the installation of heating controls; or

(iii) an innovation measure.

(2) A heating measure installed at off-gas premises also meets the requirements of this article if—

(a) the measure—

(i) forms part of an ECO4 project which includes the installation of a district heating connection which meets the requirements of paragraph (1); and

(ii) is a wet central heating system installed after the completion of the installation of the district heating connection; F1 ...

(b) the measure—

(i) is a repair of a renewable heating system; and

(ii) the heating system being repaired is not an inefficient heating system [F2 ; or

(c) the measure is the installation of related electricity generation equipment.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in art. 29(2) omitted (14.8.2023) by virtue of The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/873), arts. 1(3), 45(a) (with art. 50)

F2 Art. 29(2)(c) and word inserted (14.8.2023) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/873), arts. 1(3), 45(b) (with art. 50)

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 29 in force at 27.7.2022, see art. 1(1)