Entitlements in respect of discount recovery
32.—(1) A supplier is entitled to recover from the Secretary of State, as provided in this Part, the amount by which, in any period, its charges to customers under supply contracts are reduced by the application of discounts in accordance with Part 2 and Part 4.
(2) The amount (the “base recovery amount”) which a supplier is entitled to recover from the Secretary of State in respect of energy supplied in any period under a supply contract is the quantity supplied multiplied by the discount.
(3) In order to obtain discount recovery a supplier must submit a claim in accordance with Chapter 4 (a “discount recovery claim”).
(4) The Secretary of State is entitled to recover from a supplier any amount paid to the supplier under this Part that exceeds what the supplier is entitled to recover under this Part.