{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2012/article-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2012/9780111525456",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2012",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Overall carbon emissions reduction target, carbon saving community target and home heating cost reduction target",
  "text": "(1) For the period 1st October 2012 to 31st March 2015 the overall—\n(a) carbon emissions reduction target is 20.9 million lifetime tonnes of carbon dioxide;\n(b) carbon saving community target is 6.8 million lifetime tonnes of carbon dioxide;\n(c) home heating cost reduction target is £4.2bn cost savings.\n(2) The Administrator must ensure that the sum of all—\n(a) total carbon emissions reduction obligations imposed on suppliers equals the overall carbon emissions reduction target;\n(b) total carbon saving community obligations imposed on suppliers equals the overall carbon savings community target; and\n(c) total home heating cost reduction obligations imposed on suppliers equals the overall home heating cost reduction target.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111525456/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:51:35.077411+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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