The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Introduction

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and extent

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART 2 Overall home-heating cost reduction target

    1. 3.Overall home-heating cost reduction target

    2. 4.Definition of a participant

    3. 5.Notification by participants of domestic customers and energy supplied

  4. PART 3 Determining obligations and minimum requirements

    1. 6.Determining a participant’s obligations and minimum requirements

    2. 7.Determining obligations and minimum requirements for a participant who is not a member of a group

    3. 8.Determining obligations and minimum requirements for a participant who is a member of a group

    4. 9.Determining supply of gas or electricity

  5. PART 4 Achievement of obligations

    1. 10.Achievement of total home-heating cost reduction obligation

  6. PART 5 Qualifying actions

    1. CHAPTER 1 General criteria for qualifying actions

      1. 11.Qualifying actions: overview

      2. 12.Qualifying actions: general requirements relating to Condition A

    2. CHAPTER 2 Measures which are part of ECO4 projects

      1. SECTION 1 Projects at domestic premises occupied by help to heat group member or social housing

        1. 13.Measures installed at owner-occupied premises

        2. 14.Measures installed at private rented premises

        3. 15.Measures installed at band D social housing

        4. 16.Measures installed at band E, F or G social housing

      2. SECTION 2 Projects accompanied by declaration from a relevant authority or participant

        1. 17.Measures accompanied by a declaration from a relevant authority: household income below £31,000

        2. 18.Measures accompanied by a declaration from a relevant authority: premises meeting specified criteria

        3. 19.Measures accompanied by a declaration from a relevant authority: referral from a relevant health provider

        4. 20.Measures accompanied by a declaration from a participant: debt, discretionary credit and self-disconnection

        5. 21.Measures accompanied by a declaration from a relevant authority or participant: Secretary of State approval

    3. CHAPTER 3 In-fill measures

      1. 22.In-fill measures in flats

      2. 23.In-fill measures in houses

    4. CHAPTER 4 Requirements for heating measures

      1. SECTION 1 Minimum insulation requirement for heating measures

        1. 24.Minimum insulation requirement for certain band D premises

        2. 25.Minimum insulation requirement for band E, F and G and other band D premises

      2. SECTION 2 Additional requirements for heating measures

        1. 26.Additional requirements to be met by heating measures

        2. 27.General requirements relating to heating measures

        3. 28.Requirements specific to heating measures installed at on-gas premises

        4. 29.Requirements specific to heating measures installed at off-gas premises

        5. 30.Hierarchy of heating measures installed at off-gas premises

    5. CHAPTER 5 Installation standards etc.

      1. 31.Installation standards, consumer protection and smart meter advice

  7. PART 6 Applications relating to innovation measures

    1. 32.Part 6: interpretation

    2. 33.Applications for approval as an innovation measure

    3. 34.Approval as a standard innovation measure or substantial innovation measure

    4. 35.Further applications: substantial innovation measures

    5. 36.Publication of information following approval of an innovation measure

    6. 37.Definitions: standard innovation measures and substantial innovation measures

  8. PART 7 Applications relating to data light measures and standard alternative methodology measures

    1. 38.Applications

    2. 39.Approval as a data light measure or standard alternative methodology measure

    3. 40.Further applications: standard alternative methodology measures

    4. 41.Publication of information

    5. 42.Definitions: data light measure and standard alternative methodology measure

  9. PART 8 Notification of Completed Measures

    1. 43.Notification requirements for completed measures

    2. 44.Deadline for notification of completed measures

    3. 44A.Withdrawal of notification

  10. PART 9 Surplus actions

    1. 45.Surplus actions

  11. PART 10 Scores

    1. CHAPTER 1 Overview

      1. 46.Part 10: interpretation

      2. 47.Calculating allowances and giving a score to an ECO4 project or to a qualifying action

      3. 48.Calculation of data light measure, exempted project, heating repair and heating replacement allowances

    2. CHAPTER 2 Requirements for a full project score

      1. 49.Requirements for a full project score: overview

      2. 50.ECO4 projects: minimum requirement for energy efficiency improvement

      3. 51.Determination of the post-project SAP band

      4. 52.Determination whether a measure is within the data light measure allowance

    3. CHAPTER 3 Calculating full project scores

      1. 53.Full project score: overview and determination of post-project SAP rating

      2. 54.Publication of a methodology for determining ECO4 project cost savings

      3. 55.Full project score: calculation

      4. 56.Addition to annual cost savings for projects including basic heating repair or replacement measures

      5. 57.Addition to annual cost savings for projects including repairs and replacements of efficient electric storage heaters

      6. 58.Project innovation uplift

      7. 59.Determination whether general innovation allowance is exhausted

      8. 60.Determination whether measures are uplift eligible innovation measures

      9. 61.Building fabric repair increase for ECO4 projects

      10. 62.Determination of building fabric repair expenditure

      11. 63.Determination whether building fabric repair allowance is exhausted

      12. 64.Penalty for late completion of qualifying actions

      13. 65.Time frame for completion of qualifying actions

    4. CHAPTER 4 Calculating partial project scores

      1. 66.Interpretation: definitions related to formulae

      2. 67.Partial project score for basic heating repair or replacement measures: calculation

      3. 68.Partial project score for repairs and replacements of certain electric storage heaters

      4. 69.Determination whether the heating repair or heating replacement allowance is exhausted

      5. 70.Partial project score for district heating connections

      6. 71.Partial project score for data light measures and standard alternative methodology measures

      7. 72.Partial project score for other qualifying actions in an ECO4 project

      8. 73.Partial project scores: innovation measure uplift

      9. 74.Partial project scores: building fabric repair increase

      10. 75.Publication of annual cost savings methodology: data light measures and standard alternative methodology measures

      11. 76.Publication of annual cost savings methodology: other qualifying actions

    5. CHAPTER 5 In-fill measures

      1. 77.Score for in-fill measures

    6. CHAPTER 6 Surplus actions and ECO3 interim delivery actions

      1. 78.Score for surplus action and ECO3 interim delivery actions

  12. PART 11 Exemptions

    1. 79.Exemptions

  13. PART 12 Transfers

    1. 80.Transfer of measures

    2. 81.Transfer of obligations

  14. PART 13 Information and Enforcement

    1. 82.Final determination and reporting

    2. 83.Information from participants

    3. 84.Declaration verification service

    4. 85.Enforcement

  15. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Help to heat group eligibility

      1. 1.The benefits referred to in the definition of “help to...

      2. 2.The condition as to income in paragraph 3 is specified...

      3. 3.Where the person claiming child benefit is—

      4. 4.For the purposes of paragraph 3, whether a person is...

      5. 5.In this Schedule— “1992 Act” means the Social Security Contributions...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Domestic premises which are social housing

      1. 1.Domestic premises in England and Wales are “social housing” if...

      2. 2.Domestic premises in Scotland are “social housing” if the premises...

      3. 3.In this Schedule— “relevant interest” means— in respect of premises...

      4. 4.For the purposes of this Schedule— (a) in respect of...

  17. Explanatory Note