# The Electricity and Gas (Energy Companies Obligation) Order 2012, Article 15: Achievement of home heating cost reduction obligation


(1) A supplier must achieve its total home heating cost reduction obligation by 31st March 2015.
(2) Subject to paragraph (5), a supplier must achieve its total home heating cost reduction obligation by promoting heating qualifying actions to householders—
(a) who are members of the affordable warmth group; or
(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.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), a heating qualifying action is—
(a) the installation of a measure that will result in a heating saving;
(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
(c) the replacement of a qualifying boiler which will result in a heating saving.
(4) A heating qualifying action must be carried out—
(a) by a person of appropriate skill and experience;
(b) after 30th September 2012; and
(c) in accordance with the Publicly Available Specification where the installation is referred to in the Specification.
(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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111530276/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-companies-obligation-order-2012/article-15
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