# The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2014, Article 16: Achievement of home heating cost reduction obligation


(1) A supplier must achieve its total home heating cost reduction obligation by the end of 31st March 2017.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (6) and (7), a supplier must achieve its total home heating cost reduction obligation by promoting heating qualifying actions.
(3) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), a heating qualifying action is the installation of a measure—
(a) at private domestic premises occupied by a member of the affordable warmth group; and
(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.
(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.
(5) A heating qualifying action must be carried out—
(a) by a person of appropriate skill and experience;
(b) on or after 1st April 2015; and
(c) in accordance with the Publicly Available Specification where the installation is referred to in the Specification.
(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.
(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.
(8) A supplier must ensure that a heating qualifying action which is—
(a) a replacement boiler is accompanied at the time installation is complete by a qualifying warranty;
(b) a replacement electric storage heater is accompanied by a warranty for one year.
(9) In this article “private domestic premises” means domestic premises other than premises described in Schedule 4.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111122297/article/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2014/article-16
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