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39.—(1) In respect of any period and supply contract in respect of which Chapter 1 arrangements apply—
(a)subject to paragraph (d), the “arrangement benefit” is the amount determined as—
Where for that period—
CFE is the contract financial exposure;
EFE is the effective financial exposure;
(b)the “unit arrangement benefit” (expressed in p/kWh) is the arrangement benefit (expressed in pence) divided by the supply quantity in respect of that period;
(c)the reference wholesale price applicable to the supply contract in that period is determined as—
Where—
RWP’ is the price that would otherwise be determined (under regulation 10 or in accordance with regulation 11) as the reference wholesale price;
UAB is the unit arrangement benefit;
(d)in relation to a variable price contract, if the term {CFE – EFE} in paragraph (a) is negative, the arrangement benefit in respect of that period is zero.
(2) Where this Chapter applies in respect of a supply contract—
(a)the supplier must, as soon as practicable after receiving the customer’s declaration under regulation 38(1)(b), give notice to the customer of each periodic declaration date and the declaration period for each such date;
(b)the customer must, as soon as practicable and in any event within 14 days after each periodic declaration date, determine and send to the supplier a declaration of the amount of the arrangement benefit in respect of the relevant declaration period, unless the arrangement benefit is less than £100 per day of the declaration period;
(c)the supplier must, on the basis of the arrangement benefit declared in each such declaration—
(i)calculate the unit arrangement benefit for the declaration period;
(ii)calculate the reference wholesale price under paragraph (1)(c);
(iii)calculate the base discount rate under regulations 18 and 19 on the basis of that wholesale reference price;
(iv)determine or redetermine its charges for energy supplied in the declaration period on the basis of that discount.
(3) Where this Chapter applies and the customer is party to more than one supply contract, the effect of the Chapter 1 arrangements is to be determined in respect of the supply contracts collectively and the arrangement benefit is to be allocated between the supply contracts on an appropriate basis.
(4) The contract parties may agree a basis on which an estimate of the arrangement benefit will be used in determining charges for a billing period before (and with a subsequent reconciliation when) the steps in paragraph (2) are completed.
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I1Reg. 39 in force at 1.11.2022, see reg. 1(1)
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