The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022

In-fill measures in houses

23.—(1) A measure is a “house in-fill measure” and meets the condition in this article if—

(a) it is installed at a house which is a domestic premises to which paragraph (2) applies;

(b) it is either—

(i) solid wall insulation; or

(ii) a district heating connection;

(c) it is linked with three other measures (“the primary measures”) which are—

(i) the same kind of measure as the house in-fill measure;

(ii) promoted by the same participant that promoted the house in-fill measure; and

(iii) installed at three separate domestic premises on the same street as the house in-fill measure; and

(d) the primary measures with which the house in-fill measure is linked are qualifying actions by virtue of any of articles 13 to 21.

(2) This paragraph applies to domestic premises if—

(a) where the measure installed is solid wall insulation, the pre-installation SAP band is band D, E, F or G; or

(b) where the measure installed is a district heating connection—

(i) a pre-installation EPC expresses the energy performance rating of the premises as band D, E, F or G; and

(ii) a relevant person confirms in writing that, to the best of that person’s knowledge and belief, no changes were made to the premises, after that pre-installation EPC was issued and before the measure was completed, which would increase the energy performance rating of the premises to band A, B or C.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c)—

(a) a house in-fill measure is linked with the primary measures if—

(i) the house in-fill measure is completed during the three month period beginning with the day on which the last of the primary measures is completed;

(ii) the house in-fill measure is notified under article 43 on the same day as, or after, the notification of the primary measures under that article;

(iii) when notifying the house in-fill measure under article 43, the participant includes information sufficient to enable the Administrator to identify the primary measures with which it is to be linked; and

(iv) the ECO4 projects containing the primary measures do not include any primary measures that are already linked with another in-fill measure;

(b) a primary measure is the same kind of measure as a house in-fill measure if—

(i) both are solid wall insulation; or

(ii) both are district heating connections.

(4) In this article—

“house” means a domestic premises that is not a flat, where “flat” has the same meaning as in article 22(3);

“pre-installation SAP band” means, in relation to domestic premises where a measure is installed, the SAP band which is determined for the premises pursuant to the RdSAP assessment performed in accordance with article 12(3)(b) before the day on which the measure is completed;

“relevant person” means—

(a)

in relation to private domestic premises, an owner or occupier of the premises;

(b)

in relation to social housing, the social landlord of the premises.