Article 20 New article 24A (methodology for the carbon saving or cost saving attributable to a deemed score qualifying action)

After article 24 insert—

“Methodology for the carbon saving or cost saving attributable to a deemed score qualifying action

24A.

(1)

The Administrator must publish a methodology for the purposes of determining the carbon saving to be attributed to a deemed score qualifying action.

(2)

The Administrator must publish—

(a)

a methodology for the purposes of determining the cost saving to be attributed to a deemed score qualifying action falling within paragraph (3), and under that methodology, the calculation of the cost saving must be based on the absence of a working heating system in the premises where the repaired or replaced boiler or electric storage heater is situated; and

(b)

a methodology for the purposes of determining the cost saving to be attributed to a deemed score qualifying action not falling within paragraph (3).

(3)

A deemed score qualifying action falls within this paragraph if it is—

(a)

the repair or replacement of a qualifying boiler;

(b)

the repair of a qualifying electric storage heater; or

(c)

the replacement of a qualifying electric storage heater by another electric storage heater.

(4)

Before publishing a methodology under this article, the Administrator must have regard to—

(a)

the Standard Assessment Procedure;

(b)

the Reduced Data Standard Assessment Procedure; and

(c)

the desirability of the methodology being easy to use.”.