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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2014/article-16",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111122297",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2014",
  "path": "article/16",
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  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Achievement of home heating cost reduction obligation",
  "text": "(1) A supplier must achieve its total home heating cost reduction obligation by the end of 31st March 2017.\n(2) Subject to paragraphs (6) and (7), a supplier must achieve its total home heating cost reduction obligation by promoting heating qualifying actions.\n(3) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), a heating qualifying action is the installation of a measure—\n(a) at private domestic premises occupied by a member of the affordable warmth group; and\n(b) which results in a reduction in the cost of heating those premises to 21 degrees Celsius in the main living areas and 18 degrees Celsius in all other areas.\n(4) A heating qualifying action which is the repair of a qualifying boiler or a qualifying electric storage heater must be accompanied by a warranty for at least one year.\n(5) A heating qualifying action must be carried out—\n(a) by a person of appropriate skill and experience;\n(b) on or after 1st April 2015; and\n(c) in accordance with the Publicly Available Specification where the installation is referred to in the Specification.\n(6) No more than 5% of a supplier’s total home heating cost reduction obligation may be achieved by the repair of a qualifying boiler.\n(7) No more than 5% of a supplier’s total home heating cost reduction obligation may be achieved by the repair of a qualifying electric storage heater.\n(8) A supplier must ensure that a heating qualifying action which is—\n(a) a replacement boiler is accompanied at the time installation is complete by a qualifying warranty;\n(b) a replacement electric storage heater is accompanied by a warranty for one year.\n(9) In this article “private domestic premises” means domestic premises other than premises described in Schedule 4.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111122297/article/16",
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  "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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