The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2023

Determining obligations and minimum requirements for participants who are members of a group

8.—(1) Where a participant is a member of a group at the end of the qualification year for the ECO4A phase—

(a) if the participant has notified the Administrator under article 5(3) of the 2022 Order of an amount of electricity supplied by the group in the qualification year for the equivalent ECO4 phase which is less than the qualifying supply, the Administrator must determine the participant’s home-heating cost reduction obligation and low-income minimum requirement for the ECO4A phase to be zero;

(b) otherwise—

(i) the Administrator must determine the participant’s home-heating cost reduction obligation for the ECO4A phase in accordance with the following formula—

; and

(ii) the Administrator must determine the participant’s low-income minimum requirement for the ECO4A phase in accordance with the following formula—

.

(2) In paragraph (1)(b)(i)—

(a) “D” and “T” have the same meaning as in article 7;

(b) “Tg” is the amount of electricity supplied in the qualification year for the equivalent ECO4 phase by the group of which the participant is a member as determined under article 9(3) of the 2022 Order;

(c) “Np” is the amount of electricity notified by the participant under article 5(2) of the 2022 Order as supplied in the qualification year for the equivalent ECO4 phase by the participant;

(d) “Ng” is the amount of electricity notified by the participant under article 5(3) of the 2022 Order as supplied in the qualification year for the equivalent ECO4 phase by the group of which the participant is a member.

(3) In paragraph (1)(b)(ii), “Hp” is the participant’s home-heating cost reduction obligation for the ECO4A phase.