# The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) (Specified Period) Order 2026, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order applies in Great Britain. It extends by nine months the specified period of the Energy Company Obligation scheme for the promotion of measures for reducing the cost to individuals of heating their homes. The overall home-heating cost reduction target will end on 31st December 2026 instead of the date originally specified in Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/875) (“the 2022 Order”). This Order extends by nine months deadlines for remaining procedural steps specified in the 2022 Order. The Order specifies 31st March 2026 as a deadline for certain applications under articles 33, 35 and 38 of the 2022 Order (but not for an application for a measure that the participant intends to promote to be approved as a standard alternative methodology measure).
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument, as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348278750/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-amendment-specified-period-order-2026/note
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