The Heat Network (Metering and Billing) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Amendment of Schedule 1 (determination of cost effectiveness and technical feasibility)

14.—(1) Schedule 1 (determination of cost effectiveness and technical feasibility) is amended as follows.

(2) In the heading, for “determination” substitute “analysis”.

(3) For the Schedule reference, substitute “Regulations 3, 4 and 6”.

(4) In paragraph 1(2), after “heating” insert “,”.

(5) In paragraph 3, for “benchmark heat demand rate” substitute “heat or cooling demand” in each place it occurs.

(6) In paragraph 4, omit sub-paragraph (b).

(7) In paragraph 5, omit sub-paragraphs (a) and (c).

(8) In paragraph 6(2)—

(a) for “paragraph” substitute “sub-paragraph”; and

(b) after “installing” insert “hot water meters in the building and”.

(9) In paragraph 7—

(a) in sub-paragraph (c) omit “and”;

(b) after sub-paragraph (d) insert—

“(e) the matters mentioned in paragraph 2(a) to (d); and

(f) whether the costs could be reduced if another building supplied from the same district heat network is also to have heat cost allocators and thermostatic radiator valves installed in accordance with regulation 6(2).”.

(10) In paragraph 8, for “benchmark heat demand rate” substitute “heat or cooling demand” in each place it occurs.

(11) In paragraph 9(a), after “meters” insert “and temperature control devices”.

(12) For paragraph 10 substitute—

“10.   In this Schedule, “heat or cooling demand” for a building means the actual heat or cooling consumption for the building or an estimated heat or cooling demand for the building calculated using industry standard methodologies and assumptions for calculating heat demand, taking into account—

(a) the construction, fabric, ventilation and age of the building;

(b) the number of individual private dwellings or non-domestic premises in the building;

(c) the number of storeys in the building;

(d) the geographical location of the building;

(e) the type of use of the building;

(f) heat and cooling plant and system efficiency.”.

(13) In paragraph 11, for “9%” substitute “3.5%”.