The Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2022

Approval of industry initiatives

25.—(1) A compulsory scheme electricity supplier must notify the Authority of the industry initiatives which it, or any connected scheme gas supplier, proposes to carry out.

(2) A supplier may—

(a) make a notification for the purposes of one or more scheme years;

(b) make more than one notification in respect of a scheme year.

(3) The Authority must approve a supplier’s notification if, but only if, it is satisfied that the supplier’s proposed industry initiatives—

(a) meet the criteria specified in the relevant entry in the first column of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 3, and do not fall within the exceptions in the corresponding entry in the second column of the table;

(b) ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, that every Scotland domestic customer provided with benefits under the industry initiatives will be provided with energy advice and smart meter advice;

(c) include adequate measures to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, that benefits provided under the industry initiatives will be provided wholly or mainly to persons in fuel poverty or in a fuel poverty risk group; and

(d) will provide value for money.