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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-carbon-emissions-reduction-order-2008/article-9",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110805306",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Carbon Emissions Reduction) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-carbon-emissions-reduction-order-2008",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Achievement of carbon emissions reduction obligations",
  "text": "(1) A supplier must achieve its carbon emissions reduction obligation by promoting qualifying actions to domestic energy users.\n(2) A qualifying action must be approved by the Authority.\n(3) Subject to paragraph (4), if a supplier promotes—\n(a) a market transformation action;\n(b) a demonstration action; or\n(c) both such actions,\nno more than 6% of the supplier’s carbon emissions reduction obligation may be achieved by these actions.\n(4) Where—\n(a) the Authority approves the promotion of microgeneration as a market transformation action; and\n(b) at least 2% of a supplier’s carbon emissions reduction obligation is achieved by that promotion,\nthe limit in paragraph (3) is 8%.\n(5) The Authority—\n(a) must determine whether or not the limit in paragraph (3) is exceeded; but\n(b) in doing so it must not apply the increased reduction provided for by article 19(4)(b) to a market transformation action.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110805306/article/9",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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