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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-companies-obligation-order-2012/article-15",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2012/9780111530276",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Energy Companies Obligation) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-companies-obligation-order-2012",
  "path": "article/15",
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  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Achievement of home heating cost reduction obligation",
  "text": "(1) A supplier must achieve its total home heating cost reduction obligation by 31st March 2015.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (5), a supplier must achieve its total home heating cost reduction obligation by promoting heating qualifying actions to householders—\n(a) who are members of the affordable warmth group; or\n(b) who reside in the same home as a member of the affordable warmth group, provided that the action is carried out in that home.\n(3) Subject to paragraph (4), a heating qualifying action is—\n(a) the installation of a measure that will result in a heating saving;\n(b) the repair of a qualifying boiler where the repair will result in a heating saving and where the repair is accompanied by a warranty for one or two years; or\n(c) the replacement of a qualifying boiler which will result in a heating saving.\n(4) A heating qualifying action must be carried out—\n(a) by a person of appropriate skill and experience;\n(b) after 30th September 2012; and\n(c) in accordance with the Publicly Available Specification where the installation is referred to in the Specification.\n(5) No more than 5% of a supplier’s total home heating cost reduction obligation can be achieved by the repair of a qualifying boiler.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111530276/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:51:08.170211+00:00"
  },
  "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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