PART 2Discounted supply price

CHAPTER 3Energy and Trade Intensive Industries and Domestic Heat Consumers

ETII customersI118

1

The customer under a supply contract is an ETII customer if—

a

energy supplied under the supply contract is—

i

energy supplied or otherwise made available, or

ii

energy used to make heating, hot water or electricity available,

to a certified ETII operator to carry on an ETII qualifying activity (“ETII energy”), and

b

the supplier under the supply contract has received that certified ETII operator’s ETII certificate in accordance with paragraph (2).

2

For the purposes of paragraph (1), a supplier may receive an ETII certificate—

a

if the customer under the supply contract is a certified ETII operator, from the Secretary of State or from the customer, or

b

from a provider that is its customer.

3

A certified ETII operator may send its ETII certificate to its immediate ETII provider.

4

Subject to paragraph (5), if a provider that is not a supplier receives an ETII certificate from a certified ETII operator or a lower-tier provider, the provider must as soon as reasonably practicable send the ETII certificate—

a

to each higher-tier provider, and

b

if the provider is a customer, to the Secretary of State.

5

If a provider that is not a supplier receives an ETII certificate and has no higher-tier provider, the provider must as soon as reasonably practicable give notice to the Secretary of State—

a

identifying the ETII certificate, and

b

stating that the provider—

i

has received the certificate, and

ii

is not a main scheme provider in relation to the certified ETII operator to which it relates.

6

A supplier that has an ETII customer must give notice—

a

unless it received the ETII certificate from the Secretary of State, to the Secretary of State, identifying the ETII customer as such;

b

to the ETII customer, informing or confirming to it that it is an ETII customer.