Article 9 Amendment of article 8 (review of obligations by the Authority)

Article 8 (review of obligations by the Authority) is amended as follows.

For paragraphs (1) and (2) substitute—

“(1)

When the Authority has all suppliers’ customers numbers, notified or determined under article 5, the Authority must—

(a)

review a supplier’s—

(i)

carbon emissions reduction obligation;

(ii)

insulation obligation; and

(iii)

super priority group obligation;

and

(b)

notify a supplier of any amendment to that supplier’s obligations within 14 days of the date on which the customer numbers are required to be notified under article 5(1) (“the notification date”).

(2)

The review must be carried out by reference to—

(a)

the mean of the total number of domestic customers supplied by suppliers on 31st December 2007 and on each anniversary of that date;

(b)

supplier customer numbers;

(c)

in relation to the carbon emissions reduction obligation, the overall carbon emissions reduction target;

(d)

in relation to the insulation obligation, the overall insulation target;

(e)

in relation to the super priority group obligation, the overall super priority group target.”.

For paragraph (4) substitute—

“(4)

For a new supplier, customer numbers are the mean of—

(a)

the number of domestic customers supplied by that supplier on the date on which article 4(1) applies to that supplier for the first time;

(b)

zero for each of—

(i)

31st December 2007;

(ii)

any subsequent 31st December which occurs before the date on which article 4(1) applies to the supplier for the first time; and

(c)

the number in each case of domestic customers supplied by that supplier on each 31st December occurring during the obligation period but before the notification date.”.