The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Regulation 2 amended (interpretation)

3.  In regulation 2(1) at the appropriate places insert—

““areas of significant energy consumption” has the meaning given in regulation 25(2);”

““energy intensity ratio” has the meaning given in regulation 25C(2);”

““energy saving category” means one of the following methods by which a participant can improve its energy efficiency—

(a)

an energy management practice,

(b)

a behaviour change intervention,

(c)

training,

(d)

a control,

(e)

capital investment, or

(f)

a method not falling within paragraph (a) to (e);”

““energy saving measure” has the meaning given in regulation 27A(7)(d);”

““energy saving opportunity” has the meaning given in regulation 27(1)(c);”

““ESOS action plan” has the meaning given in regulation 34A(3);”

““ESOS progress update” has the meaning given in regulation 34B(2);”

““ESOS report” has the meaning given in regulation 27A(4);”

““kWh” means kilowatt hours;”

““organisational purpose” means one of the following purposes for which energy is consumed by assets held, or activities are carried on, by a participant—

(a)

for transport,

(b)

for an industrial process,

(c)

for buildings, or

(d)

for any other purpose not falling within paragraph (a) to (c);”

““reference period” has the meaning given in regulation 22(5);”

““significant energy consumption” has the meaning given in regulation 25(4);”

““standard industrial classification” means the Office for National Statistics’ “UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2007 (SIC 2007)”(1);”.

(1)

Published by the Office of National Statistics. For information on how to obtain a hard copy, contact the Office for National Statistics, Classifications and Harmonisation Unit, Government Buildings, Cardiff Road, Newport, South Wales, NP10 8XG. For an electronic copy, see https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/classificationsandstandards/ukstandardindustrialclassificationofeconomicactivities/uksic2007